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Million on medicare could see premiums rise as much as 50 . With higher deductible, as well. Heres major garrett. Reporter the increase in outofpocket medical costs would affect doctors visit, surgeries and medical supplies such as walkers and wheelchairs. Currently the monthly premium is 10 4. It could rise to 159. Eight million could face these higher costs. About a million are federal retirees. Jessica klement of the National Active and retired federal employees association. 55 a month makes a big, big difference to individuals living on a fixed income. Reporter heres the Problem Health care costs are rising fast. By law 70 of people on medicare are protected from higher premiums if they dont get a Social Security cost of living raise. Thats whats going to happen next year, which leaves only 30 of medicare patients to absorb all the Higher Health care costs. That 30 includes the wealthy, seniors who recently signed up for medicare and federal employees. Congress can reverse the cost
And those seniors are a subject of abuse and theft. I would like to encourage you to move this ordinance to the full board so the seniors are dispose of their medications and keep the land speaker im going to call a couple more cards. Kenny, keith and charles minister, and dede workman and larry. Speaker michael lion for California Alliance for retired americans and great panthers. We strongly urge that you pass this legislation onto the full board of supervisors. Speaking from a senior perspective, medication errors after heart attacks and strokes are the biggest cause of admission to Emergency Rooms throughout the state. This is largely because our medications change often. When we go to the hospital, were offered new medication in addition to the ones we were regularly taking. Those come home with us and clutter up our medicine cabinets. Paradox, another effect of the epidemic of opioids abuse is that for people with chronic pain, its becoming harder for them to be able to get pain
Is a no brainier. Well fair groups and recovery addictions and others have chime have chimed in to support this. Vote yes and approve and send this with full recommendation to the board. Thank you. Speaker thank you. And now im going to call speaker cards starting with maria muni. If you can line up to my left. Im going to call a couple of other names. Jenny, and michael lion, david grant. I dont know if this is michael or michelle. The last names is lion from the great panthers. Starting with mara. Speaker i want to thank breed for your leadership and for considering this policy. I do urge you to support the drug take back legislation. Excessive waste has been proven to impact our environment and were seeing pharmaceuticals reaching alarming levels in the bay including antibodies and antidepressants and anxiety reducers. These are major food source for bay area species. And we can expect to see these chemicals, bio accumulating and top consumers here such as sea lions and sharks and h
Repeatedly, you become depend on them and addiction have followed these curves as theyre shown here. We have a little bit of San Francisco statistics about the deaths and supervisor breed mentioned this earlier. 127 prescription poisoning deaths and out of those, most were op theyre sedatives used in Mental Health. There was one study done on prescription opioids cost. It showed a 55 billion cost to the United States in 2007. Some was work place and some were health care and some was criminal justice. The National Institution of drug abuse asked what was their first a young people use pills as well. This is from the modern of future studies that looks at high school. Kids, basically. And theyre using various prescriptions, vicodin, sedatives, oxy cotton and ritalin. Its not just people on the street addicted, but its young people taking some of these pills. And when theyre asked about where they got the pills, many of them are taking their own leftover medication. So again, you are pre