would continue the very reasonable practice of treating senior citizens differently than younger Americans when it comes to health care -- giving them guaranteed coverage subsidized by the government at a level that would make it affordable for them. Seniors would be given a menu of approved options to choose from, all of which would be required to accept all Medicare recipients , to offer a plan with at least the level of coverage required by the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan , and to charge all seniors of the same age the same rates . The premium support benefit that seniors get would be adjusted based on their age, their health, and their wealth (and the lowest-income seniors would get an additional pre-funded Medical Savings Account to cover remaining out-of-pocket costs) . I think most young people would gladly take that over what we're poised to get if things stay as they do right now, which is jack squat.