Social Security and Medicare
U.S. History Boomers to Millennials
There is no doubt that there has been much discussion about the US entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. And according to the US Government Census Bureau there are some significant issues that will face America.
Review the graphs below. What can be taken from the graphs that may shed light on what some of these significant issues might be.
Graph 1: The y axis is the total number of babies born between 1940 and 1970 (x axis)
Graph 2: Population of those 65 and older (y axis) over time (x axis 2012 – 2050)
Graph 3: Percentage of total US population of those 65 and older (y axis) over time (x axis 2012 – 2050)
ASSIGNMENT: Write a brief analysis of the three graphs presented below—minimum 2 paragraph.
[footnoteRef:1] [1: https://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1140.pdf]
