[Regarding “If HCA Doesn’t Address Deficiencies Quickly, It Could Lose Medicare and Medicaid Funding,” Asheville Watchdog via Xpress website, Jan. 12:]. As a senior citizen (1 of every 6 people in Western North Carolina), our numbers are growing each year! Not only do we live or die as it relates to health care, but we often choose where to live (and die) according to the quantity and quality of health care in the area.