Excellent article. As long as the American people believe that there is a cure for death the costs of health care will continue to go up. Regards. Mike Parrish

Perhaps it would be better not to get old. It might prove to be unacceptably expensive. glb

The best kind of aging, he says, is to "have early old age last as long as possible and late old age last 15 minutes. I think most people would go for that if given the chance. I'm 89 and would buy into that.
I don't see the point of your column. Lots of things are socially expensive like retardation, criminals both white collar and others. Do we kill them early or what?
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