primarily the symptom of real declines in the health of near-elderly Americans, relative to their European peers. In particular …, we use a microsimulation approach to project what US longevity would look like, if US health trends approximated those in … Europe. We find that differences in health can explain most of the growing gap in remaining life expectancy. In addition, we …

This report investigates the effect of population ageing on public health- and long-term care expenditures, public … insights about the development of demography and health on these projections. In this regard, the view has been expressed that … these additional years in better health. Both developments have obvious implications for the correct projection of public …