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Raising The Medicare Eligibility Age Would Not Increase Costs

Posted on March 6, 2013 by alsanblog

In Medicare discussions, the suggestion arises from time to time that we could reduce federal spending by raising the Medicare eligibility age, for example, from 65 to 67. The popular liberal response (see e.g., this Kaiser Family Foundation report) is that raising Medicare’s eligibility age actually … Continue reading →

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Collective Action Without Big Government

Posted on February 11, 2013 by alsanblog

During his second inaugural speech, Obama called for more “collective action” on the part of the American people, and in the process, knocked down a straw man by which he implied that those who disagree with him cling to a theory of individual action that is … Continue reading →

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