Aging Populations

This week on Wait Five Minutes: The Floridian Podcast, we discuss the gubentorial race that has caught the public eye, and the ways that our government fails to care for the aging population that we invited in so many decades ago.

Our theme song is Good Thoughts by Lobo Loco.

 

Sources

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-jacksonville-mass-shooting-20180826-story.html

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44126.pdf 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/why-the-jacksonville-attacker-was-able-to-legally-buy-guns/2018/08/29/7765930c-abc5-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html?utm_term=.1423c38d5d42 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/dog-whistle-political-meaning

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-sharps-mobile-home-park-eustis-development-20180802-story.html 

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orange/os-eustis-lake-club-falls-through-20180824-story.html

https://www.tbo.com/opinion/columns/Column-Florida-slipping-in-long-term-care-for-seniors_170653425

https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/business/new-medicare-cards-with-big-change-route-millions-floridians/AahciI28uN0iM8aWFC1wgO/

http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/pubs/stats/County_2016_projections/Counties/Florida.pdf 

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-us-states-with-the-oldest-population.html

https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/national-govt--politics/florida-can-care-for-all-its-frailest-seniors/pPAysE0LVXWcx6Vo4pIVVK/

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http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/04/19/rick-scott-says-cutting-a-medicaid-program-will-save-florida-98-million-which-is-about-400-million-less-than-what-experts-say-will-be-the-true-cost/

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