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We are the wealthiest nation in history. We need to show the wisdom of sharing
equitably the tremendous gains in health and longevity that we have accrued in
the past century. We can do better, and, most importantly, we know how to do
better.
Fifty years from now, our children will be considering the health achievements
of the first half of the twenty-first century. What will they find? A rich and
informative scientific literature, whose benefits have been incompletely
realized and a country whose economic polarization is paralleled by widely
disparate health outcomes? Or a society that has invested in knowledge while
addressing the moral basis for that investment by applying our skills and
knowledge to all our populations and making disease prevention a major focus of
our health system.
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