- 09 Nov 2019 02:13
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Surprising that Time is covering this. Maybe because now Trump is President, even though the root of these problems goes back to the start of the Obama era. Or maybe because there's inherently a big lag time between societal problems and people actually gathering up the evidence and noticing the collective effect of those problems. (People have a tendency to believe everything in society is the same as it was last year, so long as they are not personally affected).
And of course it was the younger Millennial generation that was hardest hit, since they were the ones just entering the job market for the first time and trying to get their foot on the career ladder. Back then (2009 or so) I got the feeling at the time, this was going to end up resulting in some long-term social issues for a large segment of the members of this generation.
Millennials' Chronic Health Problems Will Limit Their Lifetime Earnings
More millennials in the U.S. are suffering from chronic health problems, potentially restraining the lifetime economic potential of a generation of young adults.
A spike in conditions like depression, hypertension and high cholesterol among younger people could increase health-care costs and lower incomes in coming years, according to a report Wednesday from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, a federation of 36 independent companies that together provide coverage for 1 in 3 Americans.
Between 2014 and 2017, rates of depression among millennials surged by 31%, while hyperactivity rose 29% and hypertension increased 16%, according to the report. High cholesterol and tobacco-use disorder also increased.
Without change, the effects of those trends could be game-changing for the U.S. and its economy, the report warned. Health-care costs in the U.S. are already high and climbing, on track to make up nearly 20% of gross domestic product in coming years.
It's likely that a tough economy has played a role in millennial health, since the group entered the workforce in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis and is grappling with burdensome student-debt loads, said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, which prepared the report using Blue Cross Blue Shield data.
Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, meaning the oldest turned 38 this year. The generation is known for its technological savvy, generally high levels of education, and demographic diversity. There are roughly 73 million U.S. millennials, and this year, they are expected to become the largest U.S. generation as more baby boomers die, according to the Pew Research Center.
The new report didn't provide a precise estimate for the effects of worsening millennial health on U.S. economic output. Instead, it predicted the generation’s lower levels of health could eventually cost the oldest millennials more than $4,500 in annual income.
Under the worst-case scenario, millennial health-care costs could climb 33% compared with the prior generation, according to the report. If nothing changes, current trends could also indicate an increase of more than 40% in death rates among millennials as compared with Generation X, the group born between millennials and baby boomers, the report found.
A prior analysis from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in April focused on the increasing prevalence of the 10 most common conditions among millennials, a list that included hyperactivity and diabetes, finding that they were more frequent among millennials than the previous generation.
Other research has also raised concerns about millennial health, particularly mental health. Drug-related deaths among the group have surged in the past decade, as have alcohol-induced fatalities and suicides, according to an analysis this year by the groups Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust.
https://time.com/5720313/millennials-he ... -earnings/ by Emma Court, Nov 6, 2019
The news isn't all bad though. The job market for the younger generation has mostly recovered, but people are just beginning to collectively assess what the toll has been on the Millennial generation, in social costs. You can't have a bad job market go on for a decade without it having some serious consequences in the lives of those affected.
It's amazing what the correlation is between physical health and the economy.
Also see related thread: Suicide Rate & the Recession
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=177380
And of course it was the younger Millennial generation that was hardest hit, since they were the ones just entering the job market for the first time and trying to get their foot on the career ladder. Back then (2009 or so) I got the feeling at the time, this was going to end up resulting in some long-term social issues for a large segment of the members of this generation.
Millennials' Chronic Health Problems Will Limit Their Lifetime Earnings
More millennials in the U.S. are suffering from chronic health problems, potentially restraining the lifetime economic potential of a generation of young adults.
A spike in conditions like depression, hypertension and high cholesterol among younger people could increase health-care costs and lower incomes in coming years, according to a report Wednesday from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, a federation of 36 independent companies that together provide coverage for 1 in 3 Americans.
Between 2014 and 2017, rates of depression among millennials surged by 31%, while hyperactivity rose 29% and hypertension increased 16%, according to the report. High cholesterol and tobacco-use disorder also increased.
Without change, the effects of those trends could be game-changing for the U.S. and its economy, the report warned. Health-care costs in the U.S. are already high and climbing, on track to make up nearly 20% of gross domestic product in coming years.
It's likely that a tough economy has played a role in millennial health, since the group entered the workforce in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis and is grappling with burdensome student-debt loads, said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, which prepared the report using Blue Cross Blue Shield data.
Millennials were born between 1981 and 1996, meaning the oldest turned 38 this year. The generation is known for its technological savvy, generally high levels of education, and demographic diversity. There are roughly 73 million U.S. millennials, and this year, they are expected to become the largest U.S. generation as more baby boomers die, according to the Pew Research Center.
The new report didn't provide a precise estimate for the effects of worsening millennial health on U.S. economic output. Instead, it predicted the generation’s lower levels of health could eventually cost the oldest millennials more than $4,500 in annual income.
Under the worst-case scenario, millennial health-care costs could climb 33% compared with the prior generation, according to the report. If nothing changes, current trends could also indicate an increase of more than 40% in death rates among millennials as compared with Generation X, the group born between millennials and baby boomers, the report found.
A prior analysis from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in April focused on the increasing prevalence of the 10 most common conditions among millennials, a list that included hyperactivity and diabetes, finding that they were more frequent among millennials than the previous generation.
Other research has also raised concerns about millennial health, particularly mental health. Drug-related deaths among the group have surged in the past decade, as have alcohol-induced fatalities and suicides, according to an analysis this year by the groups Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust.
https://time.com/5720313/millennials-he ... -earnings/ by Emma Court, Nov 6, 2019
The news isn't all bad though. The job market for the younger generation has mostly recovered, but people are just beginning to collectively assess what the toll has been on the Millennial generation, in social costs. You can't have a bad job market go on for a decade without it having some serious consequences in the lives of those affected.
It's amazing what the correlation is between physical health and the economy.
Also see related thread: Suicide Rate & the Recession
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=177380
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