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Topic- Economics of aging
OTC hearing aids may not help access to care
Starting in 2020, the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act will allow people to purchase hearing aids directly, without an audiologist or hearing aid dispenser acting as a go-between.
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Stats: US$84B: projected tech spend by 50+ adults in 2030
AARP released its latest tech usage survey at CES 2019, highlighting that close to 132 million 50-plus individuals in the US will spend upwards of $84 billion a year on technology products by 2030.
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Energy costs, social isolation up extreme weather health risks
UK researchers have found that financial problems make it difficult for some older adults to prioritize heating and cooling their homes, leading to approximately 50,000 excess deaths in the winter of 2017/2018 and more than 1,200 excess deaths in June and July, 2018 in England and Wales.
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Stats: 64% of retirees don't have a big enough nest egg
Fewer than half of retirees (46%) have built a large enough retirement nest egg, and the rest are in a "precarious" position, according to findings from the latest Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies survey.
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Stats: Health costs of ageism: US$63 billion yearly
Ageism led to excess costs of US$63 billion for a broad range of health conditions in people over age 60, according to Yale researchers.
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Well-being metrics critical to social, policy decisions
Income-based metrics that measure a country's economic growth don't tell the whole story about its population, argues Carol Graham of the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, in an editorial in the journal Science and a Gallup blog post.
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