TERM 1
intergenerational conflict, reasons
researchers fear it might happen
DEFINITION 1
conflict between members of different generations; by 2030
proportion of OA will have doubled; OA will expect to keep
affluent lifestyle and comfy retirement viewed as right not
privilege; ratios of workers to retirees will fall; increase in
divorce decreases obligation felt to uninvolved parents
TERM 2
Baby boomers ruining soc security and
medicare
DEFINITION 2
by the time baby boomers have retired there will be nearly
twice as many people collecting social security per worker
paying into the system as there is today; medicare also
funded by payroll tax, along with rapid increases of health
care costs and increasing ppl needing it
TERM 3
Solutions for fixing Social Security
DEFINITION 3
privatization (allowing workers to invest money in personal
retirement accounts0; Means-test benefits (eliminate
benefits to ppl with high incomes)
TERM 4
Primary prevention
DEFINITION 4
any intervention that prevents a disease or condition from
occurring. Ex) immunizing against illnesses
TERM 5
Secondary prevention
DEFINITION 5
instituted early after a condition has begun (but may not yet
have been diagnosed) and before significant impairments
have occurred. Ex) cancer and cardiovascular disease
screening
