Q&A: What would it mean to raise Medicare's eligibility age?

Raising the age for starting Medicare is among the leading proposals to slow the program's spending — key to a federal budget deal. But how would it work?WASHINGTON — As they debate ways to control the federal deficit, President Obama and congressional Republicans have both acknowledged the need to rein in federal spending on healthcare programs such as Medicare, which provides health insurance to about 50 million elderly and disabled Americans.

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