Medicare buy-in plans runs into Senate resistance

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Mon, 12/14/2009 - 01:11

A plan to let people as young as 55 buy into Medicare, heralded as a breakthrough in the Senate's health care debate, ran into resistance Sunday from lawmakers who can make or break Democrats' efforts to reshape the nation's health insurance system.


 

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