In early May, deep into the Presidential primary campaign, Hillary Clinton sprang a surprise. Although she isn’t willing to go as far as Bernie Sanders and endorse universal Medicare-like coverage for all, she said that she favors giving people under 65 (exact age unspecified) a “public option” of buying into the existing Medicare system.

To your clients age 55-65 facing constantly rising health insurance costs, this must sound like good news, and it makes for good political theater in an election year.

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