More than 90% of the elderly population is now covered by health insurance, but out-of-pocket costs remain high.
The elderly population is expected to swell by 200 million in the next decade to surpass one billion, and reach two billion by 2050.
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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Well, last May we saw well that idea went down with the public and we are now hitting a crisis point as the elderly population want to hang up their hats and enjoy their retirement.
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.
Yes, the elderly population has been growing.
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Defenders of the status quo argue that it is impractical to limit the growth of spending because of entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security, for which spending is steadily rising due to the increase in the elderly population.
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There are, I am told, around 30 to 35 care homes that Southern Cross would have wanted to close in any circumstances either because they are too small, older and not quite fit for purpose or because they are in areas where the elderly population is shrinking.
That's probably because stronger immigration into England is constraining the growth in the population share of elderly people.
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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Baldwin's clients include the expanding homeless population, day laborers, the elderly and other poor people in the area.
The World Conference on Human Rights is deeply concerned about violations of human rights during armed conflicts, affecting the civilian population, especially women, children, the elderly and the disabled.
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.
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.
The workforce is shrinking while its elderly population is expected to explode.
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It has yet to mean as much for the ill-educated, elderly and rural population.
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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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.
In Zhejiang, the first Chinese province to provide support for the rural elderly, the sex imbalance at birth has almost disappeared, according to Xie Zhenming, editor of China Population Today.
Technology for the elderly is a key concern for Japan's ageing population.
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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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.
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.
Most elderly Americans have signed advanced care directives, and 41 percent of the U.S. adult population has a living will.
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