In many countries, people are now living longer than ever before. Some people say an aging population creates problems for governments. Other people think there are benefits if society has more elderly people. To what extent do the advantages of having an aging population outweigh the disadvantages? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words.

Throughout history, the ultimate goal of every action was always to improve

overall

health and life expectancy. Today with the advancement of science, the average

years

of

lifehas

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life has

life

increased significantly.

Although

some people believe that

this

is advantageous to everyone ,I strongly believe

disadvantages

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the disadvantages

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of

this

action outweigh the benefits to both the community and the government. the following two reasons will shed light on

this

matter.

To begin

with,

aging

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ageing

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brings tremendously huge problems to governments.

For instance

an 80

years

old citizen probably unemployed and retired, and is only kept in life with numerous medications, is a significant financial loss for insurance companies and families with all the medication, in-patient and out-patient costs ,

thus

Although

there is a responsibility of keeping the elderly safe at any cost, I reckon that insisting on increasing life

years

with pain and diseases has nothing but shortcomings and suffering.

Moreover

,

this

widely prevalent phenomenon of extreme

aging

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ageing

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also

requires emotional support from families and children.A lot of people's inability to move away from their parents

due to

various responsibilities to take care of them results in limitations to their whole family.

For example

, imagine finding a perfect job position and being unable to pursue it just because of

this

situation, and

otherwise

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otherwise,

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the feeling of guilty conscience would suffer all the relative siblings. In conclusion, over-aging with chronic diseases and suffering would definitely harm the governments and hurt

elderlies'

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families.

Hence

I believe the shortcomings definitely override the merits and the optimum

years

of aging must have limits

according to

each person's health condition.