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Article: AARP offers dental insurance.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- October 4, 2004
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2004 OCT 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Approximately 60% of Americans older than 50 have dental insurance and most will lose this coverage when they retire and face fixed or reduced incomes, according to the landmark U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Oral Health.
As the "Baby Boom Generation" inches closer to retirement, their ranks continue to swell the 50-plus population of the United States, which was about 27% in 2000; by 2020, that number will jump by more than 115 million to approximately 35%, according to the U.S. Census.
"As the 50-plus population continues to grow in numbers, and with the current lack of accessibility, there is a critical need ...