Is Medicare Healthy?

Health-care reform is a key campaign issue, but there's at least one program neither presidential candidate is talking much about: Medicare. It's hugely popular, but rising costs and aging boomers are straining its finances. What would a President McCain or President Obama do about that—and how smart are their plans? NEWSWEEK's Mary Carmichael spoke with Joseph Newhouse, a Medicare expert and professor of health policy at Harvard University. (September 8, 2008)