The side effects of that will be increased cost of an already outrageous price of private insurance because the elderly population is more likely to become ill of course.
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Tokyo has 1.5 million people over the age of 65 - representing 13% of the population - but ranks well below the national average in almost every indicator of elderly care.
More than 90% of the elderly population is now covered by health insurance, but out-of-pocket costs remain high.
That's probably because stronger immigration into England is constraining the growth in the population share of elderly people.
Our population of impoverished elderly is on the verge of exploding.
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And in the segments of the population that are most susceptible to the extreme effects of the flu -- like the elderly, who make up the majority of the cases of flu-related deaths -- the vaccinations are even less effective.
Mr Putin has increasingly relied on the support of the rural population and industrial workers, as well as the 40% or so of the electorate who are elderly.
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Once again we read about the disgraceful care of our elderly and frail population and once again I cringe with embarrassment as I read how we abuse the people who we have the privilege to care for.
But as drug prices in America have climbed and fewer people are covered by health insurance (18.4% of the non-elderly population had no insurance in 1998, up from 14.8% ten years earlier) patients have become aware that Canada and Mexico can sometimes provide the same drugs at half the price.
Social services for adults are being "remodelled" as the council deals with a rising elderly population, with estimates that by 2032 25% of the population will be over 65.
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The Churches Together group said elderly people made up an increasing proportion of the local population, with only 56% of people in the town of working age.
Mr Legg, speaking at the start of National Eye Health Week, said that a 62% increase in the elderly population by 2031 meant it was important that provision was made now to cover the cost.
Among them are the elderly, a growing share of the population, who want easy access to transport, doctors, hospitals, cinemas and above all family and friends.
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Nanto City, a centrally located Japanese city with an elderly population that comprises 26% of its total residents, is one of the first municipalities in the world to experiment with using robots to help care for the elderly.
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