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The new Medicare year

Year two of the Medicare prescription plan is about to start. Money Magazine's Ellen McGirt joins Kai for a conversation on what seniors need to know.

Toby Anderson, 82, watches as his wife Amy, 83, divides his eight prescription drugs into a weekly schedule at their home in Sun City, Arizona. (Getty Images)

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