[laughter] >> next, rosemary gibson presents her thoughts on the future of medicare. she argues that the health care industry more so than the public is dependent upon the medicare budget for annual spending. this program is a little under one hour. >> the topic for today is medicare and where we are headed and what it means for you and your patients. today in washington dc, the obama administration is releasing its federal budget proposal tomorrow that will have changes proposed for the medicare program. you might think that i am not over 65, what is medicare have to do is meet? medicare has a role in the lives of all it is, including residence. the presidents proposal debates the future of medicare. both democrats and republicans propose raising medicare's eligibility from 65 to 67. others have proposed that seniors vying to help exchanges that will be coming online during the health care reform. others proposal emanating fee-for-service medicine and medicare entirely and having everyone and roll in a private insurance plan. these topics are hotly debated. we are de