What senior citizens need is assurance of being able to get adequate and affordable healthcare services. Whoever is representing the senior citizens party list in Congress has done nothing about our real needs. Loose change discounts from groceries and restaurants are not enough recognition of the services senior citizens have done for this country. What senior citizens need is assurance of being able to get adequate and affordable healthcare services.
The elderly tend to have medical conditions that are more expensive to treat. We do not have universal healthcare in this country contrary to what they want us to believe. Almost everything is paid out of pocket by the patient. It is terrible that you have to be a multi-millionaire or borrow heavily to afford a surgical procedure or get cancer treatment. That’s because most seniors do not have health insurance coverage. We lost that when our companies retired us. My recent need for surgery is a good exampl