The coming retirement of the baby boom generation is a topic that engenders much discussion and debate in the media, on Capitol Hill, in state houses, and in board rooms. All too often, individuals and groups promote their particular agendas with misleading statistics about the impact of the aging of the population on the United States. But while the aging of the population is inevitable, a financial crisis arising from that process is not.
Public Policy in an Older America, part of TCF's The Basics series, provides the best available facts, figures, and projections about the coming demographic changes and the major questions they pose for public policy. After examining why and how the U.S. population is aging, this guide to the issues explores how these changes will affect income security and health care policy.
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