Dave Obey Quotes

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care.

Japan actually is an aging population, and so as the population has aged, they have had a lot more problems with health.

The aging of the U.S. population is a theme that we believe strongly in and the health care sector is really right in the bulls eye of this particular theme.

Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population.

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.

The aging and declining population will have far-reaching impacts. Declining fertility rates will possibly increase immigration. The structure of family and society will inevitably change.

Today, Medicare provides health insurance to about 40 million seniors and disabled individuals each year. The number is only expected to grow as the baby boomers begin retiring.

People use so much more health care when they live longer.

While prosperity and longevity arrive together, they cannot be treated the same. With greater wealth, people in Asia may not have to work as many hours as they do now. But living longer means they will have to work more years, not fewer.

By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.

Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities and tremendous challenges.

Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.

When the social security age was first established as 65, most people didn't live to be that old.

The changes taking place in the age structure of the countries around the world are stunning.

I don't feel that 40 is anything these days. Our life expectancy is so much greater that maybe 50 is the new 40.

What we have is a pay structure that, on basic wages, is higher than market rate, as a general statement. When you look at other forms of retail, whether they be food or non-food, we pay more. If you look at our health care benefits, we pay a lot more.

If we're going to be able to provide access to quality, affordable health care to every American - we need to have the trained health care professionals inside hospitals to provide that care.

We are living on average today 34 years longer than our great-grandparents did.

The quality of health care in Canada is excellent.

Health care does not worry me a great deal. I've been impressed by some wonderful old people.

People over 100 are the fastest-growing group in America. People soon will be working 'til 100 - some because they have to - and living 'til 125 or even 135. What do I know, I'm just a weatherman, but I've made a hobby of studying this, and it's phenomenal.

Labor force participation peaked in early 2000, so its decline began well before the Great Recession. A portion of that decline clearly relates to the aging of the baby boom generation. But the pace of decline accelerated with the recession.

As I travel around Idaho and visit with seniors, I hear almost universal concern about the rising cost of health care, particularly the cost of prescription drugs.

If there are healthy - and growing - numbers of people working and paying taxes, we are better able to pay the costs of people living longer.

The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created.