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Morning Consult: For many older adults, COVID-19 is a financial crisis as well as a health crisis

By Dan Klein, PAN President and CEO and James Firman, EdD, President and CEO of the National Council on Aging

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Although we don’t know everything about the novel coronavirus, one thing is abundantly clear: COVID-19 has a disproportionate impact on older adults.

As we try to protect the health of older Americans during this unprecedented crisis, we must also remember that COVID-19 poses more than just a medical threat. The PAN Foundation’s President and CEO Dan Klein co-wrote an opinion piece with the National Council of Aging CEO James Firman that recently appeared in Morning Consult to discuss how COVID-19 presents enormous challenges for older Americans.

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