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by colanderman 2072 days ago
It does, in fact current age is the only thing the table [1] accounts for, which makes the death date adopted by the author actually somewhat arbitrary (being based solely on when the author happened to first think of this concept): they seem to indicate no plan to adjust it as they age, mentioning that one day they may even pass the date.

[1] http://www.health.state.ny.us/health_care/medicaid/publicati...