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In reply to the discussion: Romney would raise eligibility age for Medicare [View all]Response to dipsydoodle (Original post)
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I'd be happy with any Dem saying to lower it even 1 year. Don't hear that though do we?
harun
Feb 2012
#77
HR 676 projects that with an increase of 3.5% of the Medicare tax for Employer and Employee.
Fuddnik
Feb 2012
#84
Utter fantasy re: Obama. Wishful spinning with no basis in reality whatsoever.
woo me with science
Feb 2012
#62
There are some we believe he did that as a ploy to demonstrate how anything his administration did
still_one
Feb 2012
#12
The result of that would be to push more of those under his age limit into the uninsured group and
jwirr
Feb 2012
#14
A good, effective way to get rid of some of the excess population of older people.
Crunchy Frog
Feb 2012
#33
It's more like another way to lose the election in the GE if he is the nominee.
Amonester
Feb 2012
#48
without single payer, and a removal of the profit motive from healthcare, the US is fucked
stockholmer
Feb 2012
#41
Their tort systems are pretty much like ours, but people don't use it to sue doctors
eridani
Feb 2012
#102
my first response: is he TRYING to lose? second response: voters aren't the target audience.
yurbud
Feb 2012
#42
I'm shocked the way they just pass this suggestion as no big deal. Tell that to my
southernyankeebelle
Feb 2012
#44
^Post of the day^ Not only highly accurate, but goes right to the root of Mitt's problem.
Major Hogwash
Feb 2012
#81
In the case of SS, it amounts to the continued theft of FUNDED SS benefits to make Middle Class....
Faryn Balyncd
Feb 2012
#66
You are correct......and it appears many areresigned to letting this get even worse.
Faryn Balyncd
Feb 2012
#76
"...to gradually delay Americans' eligibility for Medicare as well as Social Security."
unkachuck
Feb 2012
#95