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Bastiat Institute: 3 Reasons to Raise Medicare’s Eligibility Age
Submitted by Clive Riddle on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 18:56
- Raising the retirement age would encourage more people to work and keep their job-based health insurance until they're older
- It would save more money in the long run. By 2035, CBO estimates that Medicare spending would be reduced by about 5%
- Raising the Medicare eligibility age would make additional reforms easier. The most important likely effect is political. Reforming Medicare is difficult in part because of resistance by beneficiaries
Source: 3 Reasons Why We Should Raise Medicare’s Eligibility Age: from Reason Magazine, January 11, 2012
Source URL: http://www.bastiatinstitute.org/2012/01/11/3-reasons-why-we-...
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