What Affect does the Government shutdown have on Medicare? On October 1, 2013 the United States federal government entered a government shutdown.  It has been widely reported that this shutdown is the result of Obamacare, http://blog.eindividualhealth.com/health-insurance/health-care-reform-what-do-i-absolutely-need-to-know   but what about Medicare? There have been some Medicare related programs that have been deemed “non-essential” and therefore temporarily postponed […]