[Digger]

from 12.4 percent to nearly 20 percent of the population

Did you read the article? This is a big jump.

[DoughtyOne]

It is a big jump. If government is taken out of the equasion things will be fine. If government tries to keep social security as it is, and provide medicare, it won't be able to handle it. Privatization is the way to go. I still say this is a sky is falling article. It needn't be.