Government austerity with Medicare reform as a top priority

Medicare needs to be reformed, but there’s no easy solution to the problem.  As the average life expectancy increases, more-and-more politicians have proposed an increase in the Medicare eligibility age.  This increase in life expectancy, however, is an issue that only affects the wealthiest half of America — the people that need Medicare the least — because the life expectancy has only increased significantly in the richest half of …

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