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Back on the farm at Twentymile Bend things had settled down after a brush by a tropical wave that dumped 12 inches of rain on top of us. 

But my father, as usual, was thinking up ways to keep my brother Jerry and me busy. We were dreading what he might come up with next, because on a farm there were so many dirty jobs available. 

I had spent one summer building fence and didn't want to have that ever again. 

By Doug Heinlen
Everything changes as it accumulates more birthdays—including vital programs like Medicare.  
Medicare turns 46 on July 30, and oh, how it has changed throughout the years.
One landmark event for Medicare, as for most elements of U.S. health care, was the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling upholding most aspects of the new national health-care law.    As implementation of the new law proceeds, what does the future hold for Medicare?

From the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission