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Sherrod Brown sponsors Bill to allow earlier Medicare buy-in (Original Post)
brooklynite
Feb 2019
OP
This would help me tremendously. I retired at 62 and fortunately am able to purchase
A Brand New World
Feb 2019
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riverine
(516 posts)1. This position is a political winner
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
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!
BootinUp
(47,182 posts)3. K&r
Ohiogal
(32,049 posts)4. He's talked about this for a long time.
Great idea.
ooky
(8,928 posts)5. Does anyone know if Brown has a plan for people under 50 who don't have access
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.