AdvertisementBiden's Health Play In A COVID-19 Economy: Lower Medicare's Eligibility Age To 60April 11, 2020Julie RovnerfacebookEmailFormer Vice President Joe Biden at a press conference in Wilmington, Del., in mid-March. His bid this week to allow 60-year-olds to get Medicare "reflects the reality," he says, "that, even after the current crisis ends, older Americans are likely to find it difficult to secure jobs." (Bloomberg via Getty Images)