That’s what the senator from Connecticut told Talking Points Memo in response to charges of hypocrisy for not supporting a Medicare buy in provision in the Democrats’ health care bill. From TPM:
“We’ve got this very strong network and system of subsidies for people, including people who are 55-65 so the idea of the Medicare buy in no longer was necessary because they’re taken care of very well under the Finance Committee proposal,” Lieberman said.