Senate Democrats: Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Is ‘Absolutely Unacceptable’

Senate Democrats: Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Is ‘Absolutely Unacceptable’: Raising the age at which Americans qualify for Medicare from 65 to 67 has gained more and more prominence as one option to cut spending in a fiscal cliff deal. Although top Democratic leaders have ruled out the notion, the White House itself has not. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) informed the Washington Post’s Greg Sergeant [...]/p