The savings in employer plans would come from employers covering fewer older adults, who tend to have higher health care spending than younger enrollees. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Lowering the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60 could significantly reduce health spending for employers but shift costs to taxpayers and increase Medicare program expenditures overall, according to two new studies by KFF.
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