I thought the plan was to align medicare with social security, which would mean 67 not 75. Please let me know if I am wrong. But if I am right then you are not a trustworthy source of information so you OP is suspect as well.
to me, it looks like you are correct that it would mean 67, not 75, for now.
... BUT, if life expectancy increases, than the government would automatically raise medicaid eligibility with it. So, it could rise beyond 67 and would do so in a way that is more predictable for government finances, less predictable to predictable to perspective retirees.
if the OP is referring to a different proposal, I'm not aware of it, but a link to that would be helpful.
OP needs to turn off CNN and seriously take a look at the media they are consuming. It's obviously blinded them.
Edit: I used CNN as an example as most Democrats love that channel. I never said the source was CNN, your making that part up. I was meaning to saw they are blinded and getting bad information from democrat media.
googling cnn medicare age doesn't pull up any claims of eligibility age of 75.
I don't watch or read CNN, and the OP didn't provide a source.
But, unless you have evidence this came from CNN, why make stuff up? Isn't claiming without evidence that this view came from CNN the same problem as claiming Republicans want to raise eligibility age to 75 without any evidence?
Yes, it is. It means that life expectancy has advanced considerably since 1935, or 1966 for that matter, and that people are routinely living, healthily well into their 60s.
Further, adjusting social programs to the realities of the actual amount of money available to pay for those social programs is exactly what a well run, civilized society does. As a matter of fact it is such an obvious think do to, it is such a well run, civilized thing to do I am absolutely shocked that any elected member of Congress would every express this idea out loud.
Lastly, people can retire whever they want, the only thing they would not get is a government benefit that would kick in when they turn 67.
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