Kevin Drum — Raising the Medicare Age to 67 Is a Lousy Idea

The CBO has a new estimate of the budget savings from raising the Medicare age to 67....Over the next ten years, raising the Medicare age would save the government a whopping $2 billion per year on average.

Turns out to be a net negative when other costs are figured. And states, which are revenue dependent, take the hit.

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Raising the Medicare Age to 67 Is a Lousy Idea
Kevin Drum

See also Matthew O'Brien, Raising the Medicare Age: A Popular Idea With Shockingly Few Benefits, at The Atlantic.