【NPR新闻】婴儿潮爷爷奶奶们的忧伤 (3/3)
Health researchers say the proportion of people in their late 40s to
60s with diabetes, hypertension or obesity has increased over the past two
decades.
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Linda Martin
Rand Corporation
Richard Suzman
National Institute on Aging
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201302/201302071237486511742.mp3The implications for health care costs in the next decade are astounding. The baby boomers are going into those high medical-use years in much worse condition than their forefathers.
Now, there are some caveats. Linda Martin studies health trends at the Rand Corporation. She says part of it may be that baby boomers just seem sicker because they're getting diagnosed and treated for health problems their parents never knew they had. And there may also be something else going on.
I'm part of the leading edge of the baby boom, and I know from personal experience that we have high expectations of life. And so, it could be that the decline in reports of excellent health may simply be that we have higher expectations of what excellent health is.
Regardless, other experts say the trend is worrying. Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging says it comes as baby boomers are just starting to enter old age in large numbers.
There are, you know, something like 10,000 a day reaching 65. It doesn't look good.
And despite all their health problems, baby boomers are living longer than their parents. So the question is, if they're already in such bad shape, how much will the baby boomers be able to enjoy those extra years.
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