One of the consequences of improved medical care is that people are living longer and life expectancy is increasing. Do you think that the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?

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expectations of mankind have increased through the centuries

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the positive effect of changes in environmental circumstances. Less war, healthier food intake, and decreasing diseases led to a rise in the

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in the early stage of modern human history. But in the

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increased rapidly, following the improvement of science and medical care. The longer you live, the weaker your body is. It means, that the elderly generation needs to visit frequently any kind of medical care institute. It leads to the point, that the government has tended to build more hospitals

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and social buildings than before. The total wealth of a country is from the productivity of its workers. If the

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increases, it means, that the ratio of working individuals compared to the older generation is decreasing. It has a side effect, that keeps the older’s people health condition well, and costs more tot he society. Everybody wants to live as long as possible and would like to enjoy their old remaining days with their grandchildren. It is a very good advantage of medical development for individuals, but not for society. As long as the ratio of the non-working individuals is rising to the workers, it is getting harder and harder to produce the cost of the longest-living people. What an advantage for the individual is, a disadvantage for a country on the other side.

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, my grandfather died when he was 95 years old. He was treated for a common illness in a poorly situated hospital. Which means, that he should not die at that age. But when the medical structure of a country is overloaded

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and runs out of money, a common disease could cause a lethal end of life.