In Our Opinion
Sometimes a trial balloon on an idea should be floated, and this is one of those from the Cheney Free Press editorial board.
This balloon is labeled as follows: What would happen if the eligibility age for Medicare was dropped from 65 to 60? Granted there are many factors to Medicare eligibility, not just age, and there are four different parts.
But just for the sake of discussion, what if it was just a blanket reduction in age to 60, with all else remaining the same? And what about moving the retirement age up too, making eligibility for Social Security age 60 as well?
In a Dec. 15 editorial,...
Reader Comments(1)
Iknovate writes:
Leeks indeed. You referred to unemployment rates and career dropouts but mentioned men only. As a 99er (99 weeks on unemployment 2008-2010) the rates would be higher including women. The goal is to put more people to work, not sign them up for assistance. In the end, I am on 'assistance' in that I work for the state to care for my disabled sister, but am only paid for ~3 hours a day. But my insurance costs have been far less than Medicare. Do the math.
03/01/2017, 2:07 pm