Aging of America Will Affect Every Part of Society, Touch Every Family

Aging of America Will Affect Every Part of Society, Touch Every FamilySenior citizens deserve best quality of life our nation can afford

By Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman
Senate Special Committee on Aging

June 4, 2007 - Generation by generation, the face of America is always changing. In the next quarter of a century, the laugh lines of that face will deepen as the number of older Americans explodes. Today those over 65 account for 12 percent of our population; in 2030, they will account for 20 percent. Academic experts, policy wonks, economists, and health care providers are conjecturing broadly about how this demographic wave will affect our society. As Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, I am listening carefully.