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hamsterjill

(15,579 posts) Mon Dec 7, 2020, 11:27 AM Dec 2020

Medicare coverage age under Biden [View all]

Does anyone know Joe Biden’s plan for making Medicare available at a younger age?

I’m about to turn 62, unemployed, and this would be a great benefit to me. But I haven’t been able to find any specifics of how it might work.

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Medicare coverage age under Biden [View all] hamsterjill Dec 2020 OP

I believe he wants to lower it to at least 60... Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #1

Yes, I know that. But how? hamsterjill Dec 2020 #2

Ahh, there's the rub...kind of depends on GA now... Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #3

The Filibuster Needs to GO! Jlz Dec 2020 #6

I agree, but Manchin has alread said he would not support eliminating it... Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #8

Yes, because all spending has to come from Congress. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #5

I still think it would cost 144 dollars a month and then goodness knows how jimfields33 Dec 2020 #10

It's still better than COBRA... Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #11

I understand cobra can be a rip off. jimfields33 Dec 2020 #14

It would be up to Congress, regardless of what Biden wants to do, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2020 #4

Executive action during the time of a pandemic isn't possible? hamsterjill Dec 2020 #12

There are limits to what can be done by EO... Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #15

Eventually something like that will happen. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #7

I'm sure. hamsterjill Dec 2020 #9

I see it raised to 67 to coincide with the new social security age. jimfields33 Dec 2020 #13

I could see Mitch doing that. hamsterjill Dec 2020 #16

Unless we take the senate I wouldn't count on it. trof Dec 2020 #17