A lot has been made of the fact that Maine’s population is aging. How should this affect Maine public policy? The graphic below compares the number of Maine Medicare Recipients (a federal program that primarily assists United States citizens over the age of 65), to the number of students enrolled in Maine public education, per capita.

Sources:

https://www.cms.gov/MedicareEnRpts/

http://www.statehealthfacts.kff.org/profileind.jsp?ind=290&cat=6&rgn=21

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d08/tables/dt08_033.asp

http://www.maine.gov/education/enroll/ctytrend.ppt

http://www.census.gov/popest/states/NST-ann-est.html

http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1990s/ST-99-03.txt

http://www.census.gov/popest/archives/1980s/st8090ts.txt

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