Research Report How Raising the Age of Eligibility for Social Security and Medicare Might Affect the Disability Insurance and Medicare Programs
David Wittenburg, David Stapleton, Scott Scrivner
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This paper presents projections for the potential effects of jointly raising the normal age of retirement (NAR) and Medicare eligibility age (MEA) on Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) participation, Medicare participation, and Medicare expenditures.

Research Areas Aging and retirement Disability equity policy
Tags Pensions Medicare and private health insurance Retirement policy