Reply #27: There are other ways

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Put a footnote on page 1178 of some budget bill that "the eligibility age for Medicare shall be 63". Then in some other bill "spouses of veterans shall be eligible for medical care at VA facilities". Repeat those tactics year after year. Enough of those types of end runs, and soon the eligibility age for Medicare will be 20, everyone under 18 will be covered by their parents' coverage, and the only people left to sell insurance to will be 19 year olds not covered by student health services.