Why cutting-edge healthcare will help the rich live longer - Yahoo Finance: "Lifespan tells only part of the story, though.
"We also have people dying longer," says Dychtwald. "We are able to keep people alive without much quality of life in many cases. We haven't done a great job of making healthspan match up with lifespan, which is both miserable and unbelievably costly - and frightening."
The biggest healthspan concern is Alzheimer's, which strikes at a 47 percent rate among the over 85 population."
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"We also have people dying longer," says Dychtwald. "We are able to keep people alive without much quality of life in many cases. We haven't done a great job of making healthspan match up with lifespan, which is both miserable and unbelievably costly - and frightening."
The biggest healthspan concern is Alzheimer's, which strikes at a 47 percent rate among the over 85 population."
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