This lead to some discussion of the best way to allocate health care resources and a debate over who is entitled to them. This is fundamentally related to the issue of national health care. To enlarge the audience to non-scientists I am cross posting this in the hope that people with other perspectives will contribute. I did not say that. Dollars spent on smoking prevention reduce long term health care costs many times over.
Rare conditions are a sticky issue.
As it is now we are keeping alive large numbers of people who don't even know we are keeping them alive or what it is costing us. The public doesn't agree with you, fortunately. I submit that if they understood the system and where it is going they would agree with me. The answer is 35. He also made an extensive case about the productivity of older people and their value to society and how a large amount of medical intervention may necessary to keep some people alive.