1. A Medicare primer Journal of Vascular Surgery
Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBA, FACS 
Journal of Vascular Surgery 
Volume 50, Issue 2, Pages (August 2009)
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2. Fig 1
Estimated sources of Medicare revenue. Source: “Estimated Sources of Medicare Revenue, FY2009”, Kaiser Fast Facts, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, August Accesed March 4, This information was reprinted with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit private operating foundation, based in Menlo Park, Calif, dedicated to producing and communicating the best possible information, research, and analysis on health issues.
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3. Fig 2 Various parts of the Medicare Program and source of funding.
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4. Fig 3
Hospital insurance (HI) fund or Part A; Medicare (Part B); and Medicare drug benefit (Part D). Source: 2008 Trustees Report. Available at Accessed March 8, 2009.
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5. Fig 4
Annual growth rates for components of benefits payments including physician fee schedule (Medicare). Source: CBO's March 2008 Baseline: MEDICARE. Available at Accessed March 8, 2009.
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