People enjoying the fruits of improved health care aren't the people paying for it.
In the rush to contain health-care costs, the response of health plans has been to raise costs for pharmaceuticals.
This technology is valuable because it will improve health and extend lives. But we need to begin thinking about how to pay for it.
The dirty little secret of public health finance is that cigarettes are a very cost-effective killer. Living longer is great for society but a disaster for government programs.