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Tags: Geriatrics, Seniors in Service Program

Earlier this week, the Board of trustees for Medicare and Social Security said that those two major federal entitlement programs face insolvency quicker than previously documented.

The report illustrates what is being called the Graying of America, as the tens of millions of baby boomers get older and less healthy.

Former Tampa Congressman Sam Gibbons referenced these facts this morning while accepting an award from the group Seniors in Service.

Hundreds gathered at the Palma Ceia Co...