Economics & Inequality Retirement Security Education Health Care Homeland Security Election Reform Media & Politics International Affairs TCF Project Sites: Donate to TCF Join our Listserv  Taking Note Home About TCF News Room Join our Listserv The Gang of Ten’s “Solution”: This is What Happens When You Give Five People Too Much Power– Part 1     Email    Printer-Friendly Maggie Mahar, The Century Foundation, 12/9/2009 Last night, the news broke that the “Gang of Ten” (the Senators who have been trying to break the deadlock between moderates and liberals) had come up with a two-part alternative to the public option.  Under their proposal, Americans 55 to 65 could buy in to Medicare if they choose—and if they could afford it. Meanwhile, for Americans under 55, the public option would be replaced with non-profit private insurance plans overseen by The Office of Personnel Management, the group that now administers the Federal Employees’ Plan. Continue Reading. Copyright 2010 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy NY Office: 41 East 70th Street—New York, New York—10021—Phone:212-535-4441—212-879-9197 DC Office: 1333 H Street, NW—10th Floor— Washington, D.C. 20005— Phone: 202-387-0400— Fax: 202-483-9430