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Joe Biden has said he wants to see Medicare eligibility lowered from 65 to 60. Do you support that? Would you support that if Trump supported it? What if it meant your side (whichever side that is) would win more elections?
The GOP has shown that they don't care about deficits since Trump took office, in fact, they support another $2 trillion stimulus right before the election. And they know the 60+ age bracket tends to be reliable voters. Does that figure into the calculation?
We also know that most Medicare recipients have not paid for the benefits they receive. They depend on current workers paying into the system.
"Few seniors have actually paid for their Medicare benefits. According to an Urban Institute estimate, the typical retired couple paid $122,000 in lifetime Medicare taxes but can expect to receive benefits worth $387,000. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...cial-security/
People are living longer and working later into live than any time in American history. It makes no sense to extend senior citizen benefits to healthy working adults.
I had to take it at 65 and pay 140$ a month for part b or be fined 10% for life for each year I did not accept medicare.Thanks for nothing and leave the 60 year olds alone.Medicare is not free.69 and still never used it but still pay every month.
I would like it to be a buy-in option at 60. I think it would make early retirement easier for me and I'm sure many others. And I suspect if enough folks were able to retire early as a result it could help the economy since folks that can retire early have the savings to do so. Early retirement would get those savings spent 5 years earlier and provide opportunities for promotion for other workers.
I support lowering it to age 55 at least. We could consider other age options.
Part A is paid out of Social Security commencing at 65, anyone who joins before qualifying would have to pay for Part A until their 65th birthday, but that is viable.
Adding younger people to the pool would definitely strengthen the program. Making preventive care more accessible would definitely bring down the overall costs across the country by helping reduce emergency room visits.
I don't see why not.
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