[burfog]

Yes, dramatically so. Cancer now has a 70% survival rate. HIV is not a death sentence. You can get a heart valve installed without cutting apart your rib cage.

That stuff doesn't come free. It would be kind of neat to offer the option of a 1950s level of care, only modernizing things if cost would be reduced by newer technology. Lots of people survived the 1950s just fine. Even just going back to 1995 would be a huge difference, avoiding all currently active patents.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Absolutely the technology has advanced. But a 21" RCA TV in 1956 cost 5,221 - technology is supposed to make things better and cheaper. And it has - according to one study I read(1) significantly so. Patients are spending less time in hospitals, getting better quicker. Why is the cost of healthcare benefits rising?

https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/2015/9/cost-differen...