I believe the Death Panels are the (unspoken) solution to the SS and Medicare funding problem.
Dropping life expectancy significantly makes a HUGE difference.
Societies routinely make such (pick your word) horrible/realistic calculations. Infanticide (of born babies) is often practiced in places with extreme population pressures. Or the elderly and infirm are left behind by the tribe if they can’t keep up with the daily march. Nothing new here, in the sweep of history. Only new to us.
“I believe the Death Panels are the (unspoken) solution to the SS and Medicare funding problem.
Dropping life expectancy significantly makes a HUGE difference.”
I think you are close to the truth there.
Us old baby-boomers are going to quickly disappear over the next few years. I think I remember a report that %40 of the workforce will retire over the next 5 years.