More Baby Boomers Facing Old Age Alone [View all]

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"The shift in marital composition of the middle-aged suggests that researchers and policymakers can no longer focus on widowhood in later life and should pay attention to the vulnerabilities of the never-married and divorced as well," said Lin.

According to Brown, one in five single baby boomers is living in poverty compared to one in 20 for their married counterparts. Single boomers are twice as likely to be disabled, but they are also less likely to have health insurance.
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Our figures indicate one in three boomers won't have a spouse who can care for them. And, unmarrieds are less likely to have children who might provide care....
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Every fifth single baby boomer in poverty. And alone. Well, that's just if we don't want to do anything about it.

My Idaho radical rightie (man, Obama is not trying to introduce international rules to take your guns away. Really.) tells me about government compounds for when it gets really bad for enough people, behind barbed wire and guards.

Maybe instead we could pool our social security checks, buy some KOAs. Grow our own food and recreation, play on the canoes, take the camp bus to picket the BOA in town, start co-ops, build electric cars and sell 'em to the townies...