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“Living Old,” from Craig Mee

February 13, 2007 |

Here are a few interesting points on the upcoming TV program, Living Old.

"The bad news is the price that they will be paying for the extra decade of healthy longevity, is up to a decade of anything but healthy longevity."

Within the next 25 years, the number of Americans 85 yrs of age and older will reach 60 million.

A few rough calculations have me assuming that this is currently the amount of people in the U.S. 65 and over. I realize we have spoken about health care as being a future booming sector, but 20% of the current U.S. population being 85 and over is astounding.

One key point: of all the elderly people interviewed, the lady who looked the "most with it" was a 94-year-old stockbroker, still belting orders down the phone, and yelling at her broker not to chase it…superb!


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