How Many People Will Die if We Raise the Medicare Age to 67?

[Maine-ah]

10. anecdotal and all...

but I'm sure there are plenty of people out there like my Mom. She passed away this past May, at age 67.

Her drugs, monthly, were about $700. On SS income, which was about 1k a month - it was my father's SS, he passed away 17 years ago. She chose to accept his SS instead of hers, because she stayed home until I was old enough to go to school - she raised four children, I am the youngest,(38 years old) the oldest is ten years older than me - so my father's SS pay was higher than hers - with a little bit saved in the bank which was paying for meds that were not covered by medicare or her back up from Blue Cross. Before she became ill, she was working for a museum - $10 an hour.

With out the medicare, my Mom would never have had any of the medical services she needed, and as it was, the medicare still didn't cover the full cost of her meds. Again, she was 67 years old. I don't think raising the age is the answer.


please excuse run on sentences - still working on coffee...