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democrattotheend

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6. Is that for SS or Medicare?

Reply to bluestate10 (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 06:19 PM

Dec 2012

I am working on a paper about why we should not raise the Medicare age. Is this data the statistic about how $5 billion saved for the govt. would cost seniors and the private sector $11 billion?

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To Republicans who think raising the age of retirement will cure the nation's debt crisis [View all] DainBramaged Dec 2012 OP

Isnt the average life expectancy 72 years for men, 75 years for women? Pachamama Dec 2012 #1

Your numbers are off a little 1KansasDem Dec 2012 #2

Does it really matter? DainBramaged Dec 2012 #3

Data shows that raising the retirement age to 67 would cost around $6 billion more bluestate10 Dec 2012 #4

Is that for SS or Medicare? democrattotheend Dec 2012 #6

It is already 67 for many of us, which I find unacceptable and somewhat nuts. TheKentuckian Dec 2012 #8

I'm working on a paper about why we should not raise the Medicare age democrattotheend Dec 2012 #5

It's not about the debit crisis Jake2413 Dec 2012 #7