K&R if you intend to keep fighting for single payer regardless what the SCOTUS rules.

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63. One immediate step

that Democrats could take, assuming the USSC does its usual suck-up to the far right, would be to file legislation dropping the eligibility for Medicare to age 55. This was actually under consideration during the debate in 2009, and looked like it had a chance, until Senator Leiberman (I-Insurance industry) said he'd kill it, no matter what.

The reason for his opposing the measure is precisely the reason we should support it. He and others saw this as the "foot in the door" for single payer, in that once millions of people signed into Medicare (offering better care at lower cost than for-profit insurance) there would be an enormous new demographic in support of a single-payer type system. Lower the eligibility age to 55 (which also solves Medicare's alleged solvency issues) and there would be immediate pressure to lower the eligibility age to 50, 45, 40....

This measure would also have huge popular support, especially if it's tied in to the idea of making Medicare more solvent (by bringing younger, healthier people into the system, thus broadening its financial base).


And of course, K & R.