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I agree! I’m almost 80, and have a terrible time walking, without falling! Thousands of older people have retired in the area where I live, and the local medical staffs and local merchants, sometimes, make many of us older people feel old and useless! The one hospital here, is overloaded with older patients. This influx of retired, older people, has just occurred in the last 15 years, when our touristy area was advertised nationally, as a great place to retire! Dozens of condos and apartments have been built in this area, to accommodate all the retirees, so building and selling homes here, is quite profitable. Still, only one hospital, so medical personnel are overloaded with patients! My neurologist retired this last year, and I have had to wait, now, going on 7 months, to see the new neurologist that I have been assigned to. Meanwhile, over the winter, I’ve had 4 falls, where, luckily, I just got bruising! One time, when my wife had to go to ER for serious heart condition, we had to wait 5 hours to be seen, recently! My incurable, progressive neurological disease causes loss of balance, and walking and standing have become very difficult for me! So, still waiting to see a neurologist, six months later, I certainly feel old, useless, and neglected!! Add the brutal cuts to medical coverage by this administration, and, for sure, I and millions of other senior citizens, have been made to feel that they are old and useless! Back in my Grandpa’s time, elderly people were treated with some respect, and were made to feel that their contributions to society, were important!