Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age is a bad idea

Aaron Carroll

September 18, 2012

It’s one of those zombie ideas that never dies. We’ve covered it extensively at TIE. But in case you need more convincing, I argue in today’s WSJ that raising the Medicare eligibility is a bad idea:

Maya MacGuinas argues for it. I’m against. You be the judge.

@aaronecarroll

Health Policy
eligibility, Medicare, WSJ

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

Raising the Medicare Eligibility Age is a bad idea

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