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This is like saying that playing the lottery can't be a losing proposition because Joe Smith won the jackpot last week. Life expectancy is a statistical mean -
by AlexandrB 2y ago
This is like saying that playing the lottery can't be a losing proposition because Joe Smith won the jackpot last week. Life expectancy is a statistical mean - you can't make an argument about the life expectancy of some cohort by pointing to a single counterexample.
- paulpauper 2y agoit is not exceptional though. this is why Medicare does not cover it. they already ran the numbers
- pxc 2y agoThe price of these drugs is outrageously expensive, though, like $1000/mo. If they were to cost insurers $100/mo instead (like they do in some other countries), Medicare would immediately start covering it. Also, people living longer costs Medicare more money, not less. Longevity doesn't save insurers money like other measures of health outcomes do.