Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Seeing Store Shelves Through Senior Eyes
Ellen Byron
The Wall Street Journal
September 14, 2009
Overview: "As baby boomers turn 65 years old beginning in 2011, they are expected to spend an additional $50 billion over the next decade on consumer products in the U.S., estimates Sean Seitzinger, senior vice president of consulting and innovation for market-research firm Information Resources Inc."
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Baby Boomers Cost Hospitals Money
KEYC-TV.com
September 13, 2009
Overview: "In health news...treating aging baby boomers is costing hospitals more money than expected. A new federal report shows hospitals spent about 56 billion dollars in 2007 caring for baby boomers between the ages of 55 and 64."
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Baby Boomers Should "Trust Those Over Thirty" With Health Care Reform
Francesca Biller-Safran
The Huffington Post
September 11, 2009
Overview: "Baby Boomers represent the largest group of health care consumers in this country and are officially classified as the population born during the post-World War II era, born between 1945 and 1965."
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