With all the problems long-term care is grappling with and focusing on, sometimes it is harder to see even bigger problems down the road. Right now, senior care facilities are grappling with staffing shortages...
CBO: Medicare spending growth will slow down over the next 25 years, despite pressures from aging population
By
Tim Mullaney
Jul 16, 2014
Medicare and Medicaid spending will grow at a slower rate than past predictions indicated, the Congressional Budget Office stated Tuesday. However, an aging population will put increasing pressure on government...
Fed chairman: aging population puts U.S. economy on ‘unsustainable path’
Oct 06, 2010
Failing to address the challenges of an aging population will endanger the country’s economic future, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a gathering of business and union leaders in Rhode...