In the last century alone the population of the planet earth doubled, this is because of improved medical
care and as a result people could live longer and there is a higher life expectancy. In my opinion the
positives of improved medical care highly outweighs the negatives.
Medical care has brought higher life expectancy. Doctors have found solutions to problems that haunted
society in the past and now with more advanced technology people are living longer. For example,
diseases like cancer, diabetes, the Bubonic virus, etc. that were life threatening in the past could now be
treated. As a result, it gives people more time to live. Because people are living longer lives and the
retirement age has been raised by the government, people can use their fifty years of experience in
their careers to continue helping society or finding breakthroughs in a subject; they can take the easier
jobs and younger people can do the jobs that are harder on the body; this keeps the wheel turning and
everyone wins.
As a result of people living longer it gives us more problems. Someone must take the burden of caring
for the retiree and in some places in the world people aren’t stepping up and taking that job. Countries
like Japan have too many old people that take a lot of the government money to be taken care of. Which
takes me to another problem as the population grows, the government face difficulties in finding money
to feed the large amount of people in the planet and we might be reaching a point where there isn’t
food for everyone in the forsaken future. I believe that these problems can be easily dealt with and
earnt a problem to be used to lower the life expectancy.
In conclusion, the improvement of medical care and the resulting increase in life expectancy have
brought many benefits, such as more time to live and contribute to society, as well as societal benefits.
While there are some challenges associated with longer lifespans, such as the need for caregiving and
financial strain on governments, these challenges can be addressed and managed in a way that allows
the overall advantages of increased life expectancy to outweigh the negatives.