I'm in my mid-50s. 8 years ago I needed knee replacement. Because I don't qualify for Obamacare( in my state if you make less than $10,000 a year you don't qualify for Obamacare). I could not afford the surgery. I could not work in my trade because of the knee and my copd. I tried to get disability. They denied my disability saying that I could do a job that I had 15 years ago in a technical field which I had not kept up in. After being rejected five times my lawyer dropped me. I was unable to actually find work that I could physically do. So I've been out of work. I had to sell my home and move back in with my mother, rather then lose my home to foreclosure. In that time my vision has gotten worse. I have not attempted to get disability because of my vision because if I did I would no longer be able to drive. I can see well enough to drive safely. If I lost my driver's license I would not be able to get around or function. My mother no longer drives and I am her sole manner of transportation. So I get no disability no Medicaid nothing from the government in spite of paying in my entire working career. I have two jobs that use me when they can but not often enough. In January I had two heart attacks. Since then I've only had 3 days of work. I am 10 years away from being able to correct a social security and some politicians are wanting to push the retirement age further back. I don't even know if I will live long enough to collect Social security.