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    Democrats roll out bill to let Americans buy into Medicare at 50

    Key Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday that would allow people 50 and older to buy into Medicare, saying it’s an incremental step to universal coverage that’s stage-ready and easier to pass than more ambitious liberal plans.
    They also said it’s sorely needed, since Americans aged 50 to 64 tend to develop medical issues and get “knocked around” by private insurers.
    Some constituents are even putting off an early retirement because they must cling to their job-based insurance, according to Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat, who filed the bill with Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.
    “So many people say they’re holding their breath until age 65. I want people to be able to stop holding their breath,” she said.
    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...dicare-age-50/ Under the plan, consumers aged 50 to 64 could shop for Medicare coverage on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges, allowing them to compare the program’s offerings to plans already available to them under President Obama’s program.
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    Are we the most unhealthy people since the beginning of time? People obsess over having or not having health coverage like everyone is dying like flies or coming down with a constant stream of fatal illnesses. How did the world manage to make it this far without constantly being hooked up to some medical program?

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    What would happen is Democrats worked this hard to get more people off the roles of dependency upon government? It's their mission to expand the dependent class.

    The Democrats who have the courage to state that this is an incriminatal step to a complete government run system are absolutely correct. I'm actually surprised that they would be that honest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    Are we the most unhealthy people since the beginning of time? People obsess over having or not having health coverage like everyone is dying like flies or coming down with a constant stream of fatal illnesses. How did the world manage to make it this far without constantly being hooked up to some medical program?
    They didn't
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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    Are we the most unhealthy people since the beginning of time? People obsess over having or not having health coverage like everyone is dying like flies or coming down with a constant stream of fatal illnesses. How did the world manage to make it this far without constantly being hooked up to some medical program?
    They literally didn’t. There was a time before modern medicine when the average life expectancy was in the 40s.
    "Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most — that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    Key Democrats introduced legislation Wednesday that would allow people 50 and older to buy into Medicare, saying it’s an incremental step to universal coverage that’s stage-ready and easier to pass than more ambitious liberal plans.
    They also said it’s sorely needed, since Americans aged 50 to 64 tend to develop medical issues and get “knocked around” by private insurers.
    Some constituents are even putting off an early retirement because they must cling to their job-based insurance, according to Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat, who filed the bill with Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.
    “So many people say they’re holding their breath until age 65. I want people to be able to stop holding their breath,” she said.
    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...dicare-age-50/ Under the plan, consumers aged 50 to 64 could shop for Medicare coverage on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges, allowing them to compare the program’s offerings to plans already available to them under President Obama’s program.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    The Democrats are determined to fundamentally transform a nation they hate.

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    A civil war because Democrats want to let people access their own money earlier?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Green Arrow View Post
    They literally didn’t. There was a time before modern medicine when the average life expectancy was in the 40s.
    That is a misleading statement. The average life expectancy was low because the infant mortality rate was high and the number of women dying in child birth was high. Both of which lowered the "average" age someone died As we managed to save more infants and mothers the average life span increased. It was never a situation where someone 40 years of age was "old"

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    Quote Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
    That is a misleading statement. The average life expectancy was low because the infant mortality rate was high and the number of women dying in child birth was high. Both of which lowered the "average" age someone died As we managed to save more infants and mothers the average life span increased. It was never a situation where someone 40 years of age was "old"
    If you would like to deliberately miss the point to be pedantic, that is your choice. Even with your correction the point remains: people died without access to healthcare.
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