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Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp... by mattmanser on Friday December 16, 2016 @07:34AM (#13192808)
The solution is to raise the pension age. Just politically difficult.

Raised pension age vs longer life, fairly obvious choice.

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Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp... by IanCal on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:24AM (#13193033)
This is already a potential social problem with there being a link between deprivation and life expectancy. Increasing the retirement age may result in the poorest likely receiving no pension.
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Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp... by bildung on Friday December 16, 2016 @08:31AM (#13193076)
An alternative solution is to raise wages.
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