At 55 and 53, couple split by Romney Medicare plan

Mike O’Malley is 55; wife Sharon is 53. So what? So they’re on opposite sides of the age cutoff in Mitt Romney’s Medicare plan, and that could create a bumpy transition for the suburban Chicago couple and others like them. It would be the difference between being in the traditional program for the elderly and a less certain future.

By: By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun