From the New York Times Economix blog entry, "Medicare to Empty Sooner as Longer Life Spans for Elderly Are Predicted : "As Dean Baker notes, last year's report forecast that men who turned age 65 in 2010 would live, on average, and additional 18.1 years. But the new forecast gives this group an extra six months, to 18.6 years. Life expectancy for women at age 65 in 2010 has likewise been lengthened, to 20.7 years from 20.4 years, an extension of about three months and 18 days.

Predicted lifetimes were also extended for future old people, although the extension that today's old people get was bigger."

Whoa. This is sobering news that I have to plan for now since Medicare accounts may be depleted by then, but I'm glad that men over the age of 65 will be living longer... a whole 6 months. That should stimulate my future senior dating pool a bit.