The startling finding was that the average Medicare patient saw a total of seven doctors—two primary care physicians and five specialists—in a given year.

令人吃惊的发现是，医保患者一年内要看7名医生——2名初级保健医生和5名专科医生。

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The average Medicare patient undergoing end-of-life treatment spends 21.9 days in a Manhattan hospital.

正在进行临终治疗的普通医保病人在一所曼哈顿医院平均住21.9天。

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Coronary bypass surgery, for example, costs on average about $20,000 overseas (including various doctor and hospital fees and travel expenses), while the average Medicare reimbursement is $21,000.

例如，冠状动脉支架手术在国外平均费用为2万美元（包括诊断、住院和旅行费用），而美国医保花费为2万1千美元。

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The cuts would simply pay the plans what the average Medicare patient costs.

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Marilyn Moon of Washington's Urban Institute calculates that the average Medicare recipient already spends nearly 19% of his or her income on health care and that in a generation's time, if the system remains unaltered, the proportion will rise to almost 30%.

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Though the pay increase will vary because Medicaid rates differ from state to state, the average pay increase will be about 73 percent given Medicare last year paid on average 66 percent of what Medicare pays for certain primary care services, according to a Henry J.

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