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April 10, 2020

Joe Biden Calls for Medicare Eligibility Age to Be Lowered from 65 to 60
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In campaign news, former Vice President Joe Biden has unveiled plans to
lower the age of Medicare eligibility from 65 to 60 and to forgive
student loan debts for certain lower-income people. Senator Bernie
Sanders's former campaign secretary Briahna Joy Gray responded on
Twitter, "That he's willing to shift on these issues after telling us
they were 'pie-in-the-sky' indicates that we can go further. Lower the
age to 55 year one, 45 year two, 35 year 3, & cover everyone in year 4.
That's Medicare For All. Tax Wall Street and cancel all student debt."


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