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Why necessarily? If GDP grew overnight by 10x, and 90% of that went to health care, and as a result (hypothetically) we lived to an average life span of 300, would that not be a positive result?


Because then the entire country would essentially be working to stay alive and healthy instead of towards loftier goals.


Given how I feel today, 1/1/14, there is no way I could cope with that many New Years.


How much of the increased spending do we expect to be higher prices for the same care, and how much of it do we expect to be new types of care? Thus far there has been a lot of the former.




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