David Schweikert: “Medicare part A... will [be] depleted [in a decade].”

“You got to understand and this will get dramatically worse in a decade because the Social Security trust fund will be depleted. The parts the Medicare part A... will [be] depleted [in a decade]. which covers what, 38, 40% of Medicare. The rest is really coming out of the general fund will depleted. We'll have in 10 years 22, 23% of Americans 65 and up ready for their earned benefits.” (05:51–05:59)

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