XPost: can.politics, ab.poli.tics, edm.general   
   From: ConsRCons@govt.cda   
      
   On 1/24/2014 4:56 PM, John Fleming wrote:   
   > There  is a big bunch of people, called the baby boom, approaching the   
   > traditional retirement age.   
   >   
   > Older people do have a larger number of chrionic health conditions.   
   >   
   > Life expectancy at birth for Canadian men was under70 in 1971 and just   
   > shy of 77 for women.  It's now pushing 80 for men and is just over 80   
   > for women.   
   >   
   > That is creating an increased load on the health care system.   
      
      
   No kidding?  What has it got to do with the number of healthcare cards   
   out there as compared to the number of Canadians out there?   
      
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