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The share of people in their late 50s with the second most severe form of obesity has tripled since the early 1990s. This grim fact, featured in a recent Squared Away article, clarifies COVID-19’s danger to older Americans. The article, “Our Parents Were Healthier at Ages 54-60,” summarized research establishing that baby boomers are less…
An aging population will put pressure on Medicaid. Although immediate Medicaid cuts are off the table with the failed effort to repeal and replace Obamacare, the basic economics underlying the Medicaid program have not changed. Medicaid currently pays for more than half of long-term care expenses (see Figure 1). This outcome reflects the fact that…
