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Sherrod Brown sponsors Bill to allow earlier Medicare buy-in (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2019 OP
This position is a political winner riverine Feb 2019 #1
This would help me tremendously. I retired at 62 and fortunately am able to purchase A Brand New World Feb 2019 #2
K&r BootinUp Feb 2019 #3
He's talked about this for a long time. Ohiogal Feb 2019 #4
Does anyone know if Brown has a plan for people under 50 who don't have access ooky Feb 2019 #5
 

riverine

(516 posts)
1. This position is a political winner
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 03:13 PM
Feb 2019

Forcing over 100 million people onto Medicare or Medicaid For All against their will is a political loser.

A Brand New World

(1,119 posts)
2. This would help me tremendously. I retired at 62 and fortunately am able to purchase
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 03:37 PM
Feb 2019

insurance through my pension plan although it is expensive (over $500 a month for me). I am a year and a half away from being Medicare eligible so I doubt this will help me but it will sure help a lot of others. Sherrod Brown is a gem!

ooky

(8,928 posts)
5. Does anyone know if Brown has a plan for people under 50 who don't have access
Wed Feb 13, 2019, 05:54 PM
Feb 2019

to affordable health care? If not, who are the candidates that do? I haven't really heard anyone talking specifically to that yet, but its a critical need for millions of people.

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