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      Medicare is the program with age based eligibility (primarily, disability can also be a qualifier).

      Medicaid is the program for the poor. Boomers likely will see cuts to Medicare, but this shit is just punching down on the poor.

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      That’s Medicare.

      Medicaid covers people who make up to 130% of the federal poverty rate. At least in states that chose to expand it. It was 100% prior to the ACA. It’s the extra 30% coverage that he has suggested he will eliminate.

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        medicare itself is at risk for other undesirable changes, like moving everyone over to for-profit death panels advantage plans.