Our $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill

In my 14^th book, “My America: 1931-2031,” my thoughts venture into the remaining years till 2031 and conclude with a guess that disease will no longer exist on this planet by sometime between 2031 and  midcentury.

My point is based on studies well under way at Cleveland Clinic, Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, and the World Health Organization, among many other examples.

I’ve just discovered “The End of Illness,” a paperback offered for $12.26 at Amazon. It’s by a physician, David Agus, M.D., who helped to create Navigenics, a personal genetic testing company.

I firmly believe the pace of breakthroughs in disease prevention and treatment will stamp out both cancer and heart disease by 2025 if not 2020. Those two advances would make heath care far more affordable than it now is.

Yes, I do recognize the disabling current issue: Capitalists and capitalistic countries may have little or no interest in eliminating disease because the treatment of diseases is enormously profitable. Even so:

I think ethical, dedicated researchers working independently everywhere in the world will get the job done. They’ll know:

In time, when there’s no more disease to treat, the trillions now spent on treating diseases will be released for reinvestment in space exploration, unlimited clean energy, free and better educational resources, global infrastructure development, and homes for the shameful number of American homeless.

The opportunities for enormously profitable investment have barely begun to appear. Disease is among the obstacles.