By Michele Norris
Source: MSNBC
We’ve been having the wrong conversation about aging in America. Let me be clear. It’s not that we’ve completely avoided the topic. During an election that pitted with two of the oldest presidential candidates in American history against each other, and especially after President Joe Biden’s calamitous debate performance, we spent a lot of time jawing about the age and capabilities of our political leaders.
But that focus on the candidates’ elder status distracts us from a seismic issue that should really merit our attention: the historic surge in Americans who will be turning 65 over the next five years. Over the past decade, a steady cadence of 10,000 people a day were turning 65.