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important resistance actions in <strong>the</strong> nation. If you can’t join us, you can still<br />

help. Please consider donating.<br />

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And please join our E-Action to help continue to spread awareness<br />

and support our people on <strong>the</strong> ground.<br />

U.S.:<br />

Free trade in Medicare benefits:<br />

<strong>the</strong> best idea you won't hear in Washington<br />

An international free market in healthcare would solve America's<br />

Medicare funding problem, but deficit hawks just want cuts<br />

Dean Baker<br />

The US could save billions <strong>of</strong> dollars per year allowing Medicare patients to buy<br />

cheaper care abroad. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty <strong>Image</strong>s<br />

Washington policy debates are chock-full <strong>of</strong> rich people telling poor<br />

and middle-class people that <strong>the</strong>y will have to tighten <strong>the</strong>ir belts. In fact, in<br />

<strong>the</strong> crazy, upside-down world <strong>of</strong> Washington, this passes for "courage".<br />

Cutting back Medicare is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> favorite forms <strong>of</strong> belt-tightening<br />

being pushed by <strong>the</strong> elites. Many <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> advocates <strong>of</strong> deficit reduction<br />

argue for raising <strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong> eligibility for Medicare from 65 to 67. Ano<strong>the</strong>r<br />

favorite among this group is to require larger premium payments for<br />

Medicare from middle-class beneficiaries.

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