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Raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. Medicare spending declines by about 5 percent. Access to Medicare would be delayed for most people; many of the affected people would pay more for health care. Raise the full retirement age for Social Security from 67 to 70.
If Medicare raises its eligibility age, the medical costs for seniors ages 65 and 66 don't disappear -- they're simply shifted somewhere else.f Medicare raises its eligibility age, the medical costs for seniors ages 65 and 66 don't disappear -- they're simply shifted somewhere else.