Does Obamacare Hurt Medicare? 
Great question ! Unfortunately the answer is still kind of fuzzy . Depending upon who you listen to , it is either the death of medicare , or its best friend . The Government gave states the option of adding medicare coverage for millions of seniors who fell into the cracks , and offered to pay for a significant portion of it . Some states added it , and there were seniors who were finally able to get medicare , other states had different ideology , and passed . A major focus of the Act was to trim overblown costs and waste by providers -LRB- The savings in the waste recovery are to help fund the program , so there has been a big push for this -RRB- and make the charges more uniform across the industry . As a result , many providers either dropped or limited the services that they had previously provided . So there is a kind of `` on one hand '' answer so far to your question , and I guess it depends upon which side of the fence you sit as to whether it is helping or hurting . If your parent was able to finally get coverage , you would probably like it ; if you are a provider -LRB- or used a provider -RRB- who was making a tidy profit off of your medicare billing , who learns that wo n't be continuing , and drops the service , you probably do n't . This will be a great debate for as long as it takes for solid numbers and data to shake out and really be able to measure the success or failure of the act . I appreciate the opportunity to answer , thanks for asking ! 