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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
2. Part 2 of my "fuck the oldsters" plan: shift the healthcare subsidy out of late-stage radical intervention for the elderly and into preventative care for citizens with their lives still ahead of them. Repeal Medicare and instead provide G subsidized healthcare for everyone under 18 (or 21 or whatever).
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I have no problem with focusing on prevention, but I suspect that many of the innovations that have cause the average life span to rise from 47 years (at the time of the new deal) to 77 years (today's rate) would not have happpened if health care was directed as you suggest.
