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Dying healthy in your sleep at home costs society a lot less. No expensive medications, hospital visits,in home nursing, etc

I suppose if everyone lived, say 5 years longer, and only delayed a disease by 5 years, it would be a break even in cost. Although, who wouldn’t want 5 more healthy years?

I’d personally rather die suddenly due to a heart attack or stroke rather than struggle with severe mental degeneration over a period of years before dying.

This is an argument against all healthcare.

Not quite. It's simply an argument that the money will end up back in healthcare, just maybe further down the line, and maybe that's okay. Just remember that as everything else gets cheaper, the percentage that is spent on healthcare must increase.

Look up "healthspan vs lifespan".