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Milbank Mem Fund Q Health Soc. 1985 Spring;63(2):377-94.
The federal government considers all persons aged 65 and over a single beneficiary group, and data collectors consider them a single cohort. As a result, the very old (80 years and over) are virtually invisible; little is known about their specific income benefits and economic resources. Costs for the very old--a more economically diverse group than the nonaged--are likely to grow disproportionately. Recent proposals to share costs will affect the distribution of income and assets among the aged and between generations.
联邦政府将所有65岁及以上的人视为一个单一受益群体，数据收集者也将他们视为一个单一队列。因此，80岁及以上的高龄老人实际上被忽视了；人们对他们的具体收入福利和经济资源知之甚少。高龄老人——一个在经济上比非老年人更加多样化的群体——的成本可能会不成比例地增长。最近关于分担成本的提议将影响老年人内部以及代际之间的收入和资产分配。
