Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

63 million on Medicare, 89 million on Medicaid, but there are around 12 million dual-enrolled. So that's about 140 million. Most Social Security recipients are also on Medicare, but some people retire as early as 62, so there are some not yet getting Medicare 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

At this point the case for rate hikes has a real one-eyed-bearded-man-with-a-limp feel — you have to use a weirdly narrow measure to still see an inflation problem. Here's a more normal measure, 3-mo rate of change https://t.co/kF49AtWc3o — PolitiTweet.org