America’s demographic challenge
Quick, easy policy changes will not solve the problems of population ageing, high healthcare costs, and high inequality in maternal mortality and other health indicators in the US. Government and policymakers will likely need to address these challenges through large-scale social policy and health system reform. This will include a wider social safety net and better education for medical professionals, particularly about risk factors for expectant mothers and unconscious bias against historically marginalised populations, such as black women. A shrinking working population could also be supplemented by increased immigration of working-age adults to the US.
Precariously perched: Challenges in American demography and health
By: David Bloom, Alyssa Lubet – Harvard University
