[quote=AN]Uh, unless math eludes me, life expectancy after retirement = total life expectancy – retirement age, no? If that’s the case, it’s it as simple as finding out what life expectancy is, then subtract the full retirement age?
Also, keep in mind medical advances has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. We’re talking about the ability to completely regrow human parts from you own stem cell and do the surgery. With your own DNA, the likely hood of rejection is minimal, if at all. Then, there’s also the fact that we’re pretty close to finding the cure to AIDS. We’re working hard to find a cure to cancer. Then there’s nano-tech that doesn’t exist 20 years ago and it will only get better 20 years from now. So, yes, I expect us to live much much longer.[/quote]
I don’t think it’s a math issue. It’s a logic issue. Life expectancy at retirement age is NOT total life expectancy less retirement age. Life expectancy at birth takes into account infants who die shortly after birth to those who die before they reach retirement age and every mortality in between. Their life expectancy is not material to this discussion since they will never collect any benefits. The only life expectancy that’s material to this discussion is how long people will live once they reach age 65 (or other retirement age).
