Study Points to Cost Savings for Early Buy-In to Medicare

A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that a plan to permit Americans ages 62 to 64 to buy into Medicare would reduce costs and expand coverage more effectively than private health insurance.  In most cases, people become eligible for Medicare at age 65.

• "Early Buy-In for Medicare Would Lower Costs" (Robertson, Sacramento Business Journal, 12/29/08).