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| The "Yes, Minister" Theory of the Medicare Age New York Times (blog) One answer is that conservatives badly want a rise in the Medicare age, never mind the policy virtues or lack thereof. Why? Partly because liberals hate the idea: pay any attention to right-wing rhetoric and you learn that spite against liberals, even ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why Raising Medicare's Retirement Age Will Help Achieve Universal Coverage Forbes In an important sign of progress for the "fiscal cliff" talks between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R., Oh.), it appears that the President has agreed to consider gradually raising Medicare's eligibility age from 65 to 67. In response ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Morning Plum: Don't raise the Medicare eligibility age, Mr. President Washington Post (blog) I still think it's not entirely clear that a hike in the Medicare eligibility age is definitely on the table in the fiscal cliff talks. And I would urge caution — we still don't know what's actually being discussed — before prematurely concluding a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pelosi on raising age for Medicare: "Don't go there" CBS News "But what I've said is let's look at every avenue, because what is true is we need to strengthen Social Security, we need to strengthen Medicare for future generations, the current path is not sustainable because we've got an aging population and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Interest Groups Rallies Against Social Security, Medicare Cuts National Journal (blog) The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare is fiscal-cliff messaging on the Hill today. NCPSSM President and CEO Max Richtman is meeting with Senate Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee members today before the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Column: Raising the Medicare age is the worst idea ever USA TODAY 2012 - You might remember when, during the recent presidential and congressional campaigns, many candidates put forth serious proposals to increase the Medicare eligibility age to 67. Actually, you probably don't, because it didn't happen. Yet here we ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Raising Medicare Age Could Leave 435000 Seniors Uninsured: Study Huffington Post One rationale for moving the Medicare age to 67 is that Obama's 2010 health care reform law will create a better private health insurance market for older people starting in 2014 by forbidding companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Left Behind: Will Cutting Medicare Hurt Seniors? Forbes Forget finances and the fiscal cliff: raising the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67 is likely to kill some of those left behind – even if they already have private insurance. And cutting provider reimbursement too deeply? Ditto. Most of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Way to "Save" Medicare Is to Expand It Truth-Out Most people understand Medicare as an insurance system for seniors. You turn 65, you get Medicare. Without Medicare, millions of senior citizens wouldn't be able to afford health insurance. In reality, Medicare is an insurance program for hospitals ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Counterparties: How not to fix Medicare | Felix Salmon By Ben Walsh Welcome to the Counterparties email. The sign-up page is here, it's just a matter of checking a box if you're already registered on the Reuters website. Send suggestions, story tips and complaints to Counterparties.Reuters@gmail.com. Felix Salmon | ||
| Daily Kos: Are Democrats abandoning raising the Medicare ... By rss@dailykos.com (Joan McCarter) Here's a bit more tea leaf reading on what might be happening in fiscal cliff negotiating, on the Democratic side. If you squint at it right, the signs are there that raising the Medicare eligibility age is out of the mix. First, there's a kick-ass op-ed in ... Recent | ||
| Obama Skeptical Of Raising Medicare Eligibility Age | TPM LiveWire By Igor Bobic President Obama on Tuesday didn't directly dismiss raising the Medicare eligibility age as part of a deal with Congressional Republicans to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, but instead argued that such a course wouldn't be cost-effective. "When ... TPM LiveWire | ||
| Republicans' Damaging Ideas on Medicare By Rep. Nancy Pelosi, USA Today 6:38PM EST December 11. 2012 - The scenario is not so far-fetched: an American worker nears retirement. Her 65th birthday is drawing close. She's paid into Medicare her entire life, expecting it to be there to cover her health care in her ... RealClearPolitics - Homepage | ||
| Brad DeLong : Aaron Carroll: Raising the Medicare Qualifying Age ... By J. Bradford DeLong Aaron Carroll: >Raising the eligibility age will likely hurt seniors' health: [P]eople wait to get care until their Medicare kicks in. This is bad both for health and for the federal government's bottom line…. Medicare improved the health of the ... Brad DeLong |
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| Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge ... news.yahoo.com/trade-offs-raising-medicare-eligibility-age-16... |
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