Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. Im shuy vuy. We look at whether the bay area is ready to handle ebola. For months the outbreak has played outs on a remote stage in countries like liberia and sierra leone. But the first confirmed case in texascand a possible case in washington, d. C. Has made attention come to how our Healthcare Systems are at home. Scott schaefer leads the discussion. The e lobola virus is spread from bodily fluids of those already sick. Im joined by eric talbert, executive director of the non profit emergency u. S. A. And april dem bosky. Your agency recently opened up a facility for 24 patients in sierra leone. What went wrong in africa for this to spiral the way it has. The issue was not contained early on. Something spreads as a virus quickly if it is not contaminated and controlled, isolated early on. March was the first case, from guin guinea, spread to sierra leone and quickly. We sent out another warnings are getting out of control in june. And stil
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. Im shuy vuy. We look at whether the bay area is ready to handle ebola. For months the outbreak has played outs on a remote stage in countries like liberia and sierra leone. But the first confirmed case in texas and a possible case in washington, d. C. Has made attention come to how our Healthcare Systems are at home. Scott schaefer leads the discussion. The e lobola virus is spread from bodily fluids of those already sick. Im joined by eric talbert, executive director of the non profit emergency u. S. A. And april dem bosky. Your agency recently opened up a facility for 24 patients in sierra leone. What went wrong in africa for this to spiral the way it has. The issue was not contained early on. Something spreads as a virus quickly if it is not contaminated and controlled, isolated early on. March was the first case, from guin guinea, spread to sierra leone and quickly. We sent out another warnings are getting out of control in june. And stil
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. Im shuy vuy. We look at whether the bay area is ready to handle ebola. For months the outbreak has played outs on a remote stage in countries like liberia and sierra leone. But the first confirmed case in texas and a possible case in washington, d. C. Has made attention come to how our Healthcare Systems are at home. Scott schaefer leads the discussion. The e lobola virus is spread from bodily fluids of those already sick. Im joined by eric talbert, executive director of the non profit emergency u. S. A. And april dem bosky. Your agency recently opened up a facility for 24 patients in sierra leone. What went wrong in africa for this to spiral the way it has. The issue was not contained early on. Something spreads as a virus quickly if it is not contaminated and controlled, isolated early on. March was the first case, from guin guinea, spread to sierra leone and quickly. We sent out another warnings are getting out of control in june. And stil
Good evening and welcome to kqed news room. Im shuy vuy. We look at whether the bay area is ready to handle ebola. For months the outbreak has played outs on a remote stage in countries like liberia and sierra leone. But the first confirmed case in texas and a possible case in washington, d. C. Has made attention come to how our Healthcare Systems are at home. Scott schaefer leads the discussion. The e lobola virus is spread from bodily fluids of those already sick. Im joined by eric talbert, executive director of the non profit emergency u. S. A. And april dem bosky. Your agency recently opened up a facility for 24 patients in sierra leone. What went wrong in africa for this to spiral the way it has. The issue was not contained early on. Something spreads as a virus quickly if it is not contaminated and controlled, isolated early on. March was the first case, from guin guinea, spread to sierra leone and quickly. We sent out another warnings are getting out of control in june. And stil
65. By 2030 that number will have grown by 30 million. And by 2050, that number will have grown by 40 million. So as you can see, the percentage of the old old as you in the orange and yellow boxes in this chart grows very quickly. Again, if you think back to the chart in terms of the amount of per capita spending that increases as people age you see we are looking at a growing number of individuals who, in fact, will be the most expensive portion of the Medicare Program. At the same time we have fewer young people coming in and we have fewer people that are paying payroll taxes to essentially support the program. And, of course, among those who are the most costly and juliet touched on this issue, are those who are dual ebl jiblligible. But Rising Health care costs is also an issue for the beneficiary. As juliet pointed out, as a population theyre not all living in palm beach. They are relatively low income population. Health status and chronic conditions are also significant drivers