And it's timely -- we're seeing an epidemic of age-related macular degeneration with our aging population.
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That makes sense for a country with an aging population, at least on paper.
This has been one of the policy stalemates that historically have plagued Japan along with its aging population.
But with an aging population and rising health care costs, we are spending too fast to sustain the program.
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In the case of Japan, the country is confronted with an aging population, which will lead to greater spending of those savings.
"We're also the oldest city in Italy demographically, with an aging population and one of the lowest birth rates in the country, " Mr. Fantinel says.
One report he mentions forecasts that the U.S., with its aging population, will need 60, 000 more primary care physicians than it is expected to have in 2015.
The president acknowledges that the programs are in dire need of reform, and he's hoping that economic growth will partially offset the costs associated with an aging population.
China also has to grapple with an aging population.
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Now keep in mind that the US is not the only country with a rapidly aging population.
With its rapidly aging population and low birthrate, Japan is the world's largest market for life insurance.
And with the growing population of aging baby boomers, the number of people with disabilities in the United States is expected to increase.
The U.S. has an aging population with good health insurance and discretionary income to spend on health care.
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How you address the aging population with all of the chronic conditions and how we disrupt the delivery of care as it currently exists today.
An aging population with serious purchasing power and a hunger to retain their mobility as they get older will likely be the reason why driverless, or less-driven cars are adopted into the mainstream according to Ghosn.
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Twenty-five years ago, prescription drugs were a relatively small part of U.S. health care spending, but an aging population has coupled with a dizzying array of pricey drugs with proven benefits.
In a static world these efficiencies would lead to job cuts, but with new technological developments and an aging population, it just means staff will be redeployed and more patients will be treated for conditions that were previously incurable or could only be partially treated.
Diabetes prevalence increases with age, so the aging baby boomer population is attributing to rising costs.
It also faces a demographic trap, with low fertility and an increasingly dependent aging population.
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All are advanced industrial societies with a large middle class, an aging population and an Anglo-Saxon legal tradition.
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Car makers hope that vehicles with medical monitors will appeal to an aging population that wants to keep driving.
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ObamaCare will reach the implementation phase, the economy will rebound (hopefully), and both government and corporate buyers of health care will continue to grapple with rising costs of care and an aging population.
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Changing demographics (more older women in the workforce, an aging population) mean more workers with eldercare responsibilities than ever before.
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This disappearance of people with an E-4 gene from the aging population is a "remarkable finding, " say the University of Helsinki scientists who did the study.
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However, with nominal growth slowing, the global population aging and developed economy governments reluctant to issue large amounts of debt this dynamic will affect larger and more traditionally stable asset markets.
Given Japan's fascination with gadgets, perhaps it's no surprise that the country is turning to technology for help with one of its most vexing problems: an aging population.
The Kremlin has tried to boost population growth, fearing that fewer births in an aging population will sap the economy, especially with a pension age of 55.
"If we want to keep people in their vehicles, it's key we integrate systems to support them, " says Bryan Reimer, a researcher with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab, which focuses on innovations for an aging population.
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With the leading edge of the 78 million baby boomers now in their early 60s, America's aging population underpins the bullish future of health care as a sector.
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