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Originally Posted by 784caroline
Raising the eligibility age for Medicare for anyone born after 1949 is simply a PROPOSAL at this stage...but it has got gotten blown out of the water so I would keep my eye on this. Something is going to happen to medicare but what!
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There's a bill to extend Medicare to all. That be good. I can't understand how our system has become such a failure. We're the only developed country that fails to take care of its citizens. Think about this. Overall, we spend at least twice per person of any other developed country (big round estimate $7000/yr vs $3500/yr). And, we don't get as good results. The Gov't, i.e. taxpayers, covers 50% of the total today through Medicare, Medicaid, public employees, etc. Therefore, Gov't already spends as much, or more, than ever other country where universal coverage is the norm.