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Letter: Cost of longevity

Published 26 July 2003

From Alec Cawley

You would not expect the polypill to “reduce the costs of health insurers or state-run health services” other than for an initial period (5 July, p 3).

We all have to die some day, and Alzheimer’s disease and cancer are probably more expensive ways to die than a quick heart attack. The pay-off would be in longer lives, not money.

Newbury, Berkshire, UK

Issue no. 2405 published 26 July 2003

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