What the 'Silver Tsunami' Means for U.S. Health Care: An Interview with Thomas Gill of the Yale Center on Aging | Hospitals and Healthcare | Scoop.it
America’s population is growing older. It is estimated that by 2050, people over 65 will represent more than 20 percent of the population, up from 15 percent today. That shift may not sound significant, but it represents about 40 million additional Medicare-age patients flooding the already beleaguered U.S. healthcare system. This flood, the so-called ‘silver …