Reply #34: I agree intellectually with you but I think the reality

[phillysuse]

is that this will be done incrementally.

Edwards wants to set up a government system in competition with private insurance.

Another way to do it is to expand Medicare downward - i.e. starting at age 55 for 5 years, then age 50 etc. You could call that Medi-boomer.

Or insure all children first - that would likely be cheaper than the 55 to 65 age group (I'm in that, by the way) and you could call it
Medi-Kids.