There are two key ways to reduce the cost of health care for farming and ranching operations. However, if a producer is enrolled in Medicare, there can be additional elements to the process.
Roger McEowen with the Washburn School of Law spoke with RFD-TV’s Tammi Arender on the two methods, what Medicare recipients have to do, and what producers need to keep in mind.
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