Medicare buy-in a budget solution?-politco: To get to a budget deal, could Washington buy in to a Medicare buy-in?That’s the question left hanging by a recent Urban Institute paper which maps out one path to bridge the partisan divide over Republican demands that the eligibility age for Medicare be adjusted upward from 65 to 67 so as to conform with Social Security.The GOP would get the higher age it wants. But in turn, it must agree to allow 65- and 66-year-olds — who would be left out in the cold — to buy in to Medicare until they are 67.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Medicare buy-in a budget solution?
Medicare buy-in a budget solution?-politco: To get to a budget deal, could Washington buy in to a Medicare buy-in?That’s the question left hanging by a recent Urban Institute paper which maps out one path to bridge the partisan divide over Republican demands that the eligibility age for Medicare be adjusted upward from 65 to 67 so as to conform with Social Security.The GOP would get the higher age it wants. But in turn, it must agree to allow 65- and 66-year-olds — who would be left out in the cold — to buy in to Medicare until they are 67.
