A typical married couple "will contribute $119,000" into Medicare but will "receive $357,000 in Medicare benefits over their lifetimes."
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Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker says typical couple takes much more from Medicare than it put in
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Bob Corker, USA Today Op-Ed, How Deficit Committee Should Tackle Medicare, Nov. 8, 2011.
Urban Institute, Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Benefits Over A Lifetime, June 20, 2011.
PolitiFact Ohio, Retiring couples get $3 in Medicare benefits for each $1 paid in, Rob Portman says, Nov. 1, 2011.
Urban Institute, How Lifetime Benefits and Contributions Point the Way Toward Reforming Our Senior Entitlement Programs, Aug. 1, 2011.
Congressional Budget Office, Scaling Medicare Benefits to Income, May 1983.
Urban Institute, Social Security and Medicare Taxes and Benefits Over A Lifetime, June 20, 2011.
PolitiFact Ohio, Retiring couples get $3 in Medicare benefits for each $1 paid in, Rob Portman says, Nov. 1, 2011.
Urban Institute, How Lifetime Benefits and Contributions Point the Way Toward Reforming Our Senior Entitlement Programs, Aug. 1, 2011.
Congressional Budget Office, Scaling Medicare Benefits to Income, May 1983.
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