I'm 76 and drive for Uber after losing my savings to my wife's cancer bills. I'm not sure how long I can keep driving.

Jeff Mason, 76, drives for Uber a few times a week.

Rachel Wisniewski for BI

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jeff Mason, 76, who drives for Uber in New Jersey for extra income. Mason and his wife liquidated their savings after his wife's cancer treatment, which she underwent before the Affordable Care Act's restrictions on insurance companies denying coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions. Over the last two decades, the couple has tried to financially recover.