Forbes August 13, 2019
Bruce Japsen

More than half of large U.S. employers favor expanding Medicare to make more Americans under 65 eligible for such health insurance coverage, a new national business coalition’s survey shows.

The National Business Group on Health says more than half of these employers favor expanding Medicare to those ages 60 to 64 or to those as young as 50. The survey said 23% of large employers supported Medicare expansion “but only for ages 60 – 64” while another 23% favor Medicare expansion “but only for ages 50 to 64.”

Meanwhile, the NBGH survey showed 45% of large employers think Medicare should not be expanded below age 65. And an overwhelming majority of companies surveyed don’t want a single payer version of...

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