Why are there no Dems talking about lower medicare to 55 to save money & gain jobs?

[karynnj]

28. There were 2 FINAL bills - the main bill passed with 60 votes by the Senate and a smaller bill that

it that passed under reconciliation. This was necessary because the Byrd rule prevented the passage of the entire thing under reconciliation. The second bill, which contained fixes also contained the entire redo of college loans. From what I remember, there were some supporters of the public option that did not think it was possible to create a public option as part of reconciliation.

It is the Republicans who claim that "Obamacare was rammed through under reconciliation" - which they imply was unconstitutional or at least wrong. The fact is ACA passed the Senate and then the Senate bill - word for word - passed the House once it was clear that with Scott Brown there were not 60 Senate votes to pass a reconciliation bill. There was an agreement and the votes counted for the reconciliation bill that fixed some things the House disagreed with, but, in fact, it was the passage of the main bill that changed healthcare in this country.