But their most provocative proposal would gradually raise the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67.

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We should gradually raise revenues and trim benefits in a way that establishes long-term solvency without hurting vulnerable seniors.

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Left out by the House were controversial Medicare proposals approved by senators that would raise Medicare eligibility gradually from age 65 to 67 by 2027.

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Second option is to gradually raise the retirement age.

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Raise the age for Social Security gradually beginning with people currently 55 years old.

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If the euro area lifted its employment ratio to American levels gradually over a 20-year period, this would raise the annual growth rate of the region's productive potential by almost 1%.

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Their campaign to raise the minimum age for soldiering from 15 to 18 in the children's-rights convention is gradually gaining momentum, though perhaps not for the reasons put forward.

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