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Sam Baker

Roughly 4 Medicare beneficiaries die every minute

Roughly 4 Medicare beneficiaries die every minute, according to new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Yes, but: More Americans continue to enroll in the program, totaling 58.5 million people in 2017. Ever-increasing enrollments are due in large part to the sustained influx of baby boomers and increasing life expectancy.

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