Medicare Overview Most Americans have heard of Medicare, approximately 45 million people were receiving Medicare benefits in 2008. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has predicted that there will be 78 million people eligible for the program by the year 2030. It might be expected that Medicare is very well understood, but the reality is that there are many pieces and parts that can be very confusing to the average person. A recent search on the internet for the term “Medicare” returned more than 16 million results in less than 1/10th of a second. It would take a person [...]