Reply #18: if people regularly start living to 100

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then Social Security will have to be pushed back to 80. But that's another argument for another topic.

Harsh decisions are going to have to be made in the future. If we want universal health care, then people are going to have to be ready for a MAJOR tax increase to cover it. Because health care costs are only going to go up if people start living longer and when you live longer, the end of your life is going to require more medical care.

Instead of people's bodies breaking down at age 65 and them living to 75 or 80, you're going to see people's bodies breaking down at 65-70 and them living to 100. that's 30 years of advanced medical needs. Do you have any idea how expensive it'll be to provide that much medical care to that many people for that long a time?