Patrick James
Writer / Former GOOD Managing Editor
- July 22, 2009 • 5:51 pm PDT
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It just might be. At the very least, this chart, compiled by Catherine Rampbell at The New York Times, suggests that the older you get, the less I guess it's tough to pass a bill for universal health care when so many people who vote already have coverage. Namely, senior citizens, who are already covered by Medicare, are unlikely to vote in favor of a bigger program. Or, as Matt Yglesias puts it:
"I assume that were seniors not in a position to benefit from a special, wildly popular 'universal health care for old people only' program that they would look more kindly on creating a universal health care program."
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