First of all, here is the information on SS and Medicare, right from the SSA administration help center:
http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/12/~/earliest-age-to-get-social-security-retirement-and-medicare
When I clicked on the Vt page, the only thing I saw for Medicare, as opposed to Medicaid, was the following:
http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/12/~/earliest-age-to-get-social-security-retirement-and-medicare
The only thing I have seen lately by the State Senators has to do with expanding Medicaid, not Medicare.
Perhaps you may have confused the two.