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    The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of increasing life expectancy in many countries around the world. Some benefits mentioned are people having more opportunities to pursue goals and share experience with younger generations. However, the main downsides are the financial burden on welfare and healthcare systems due to higher numbers of elderly people requiring support and medical care.

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    The document discusses the advantages and disadvantages of increasing life expectancy in many countries around the world. Some benefits mentioned are people having more opportunities to pursue goals and share experience with younger generations. However, the main downsides are the financial burden on welfare and healthcare systems due to higher numbers of elderly people requiring support and medical care.

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    Name: Nguyễn Trần Liên Nhi

    Class: 12E

    IN MANY COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, LIFE EXPECTANCY IS INCREASING.


    DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THIS SITUATION AND GIVE
    YOUR OWN OPINION.

    As populations of numerous nations have been progressively aging in the wake of the
    advancement of society and pathology, this begs the question as to whether it is a conducive
    phenomenon. Although the following essay is to delve into both perspectives, I firmly reckon
    the tremendous drawbacks of this trend transcend its positives.

    To embark on, high-value benefits of prolonged longevity with regard to individuals' well-being
    and the community could be certainly reaped. Irrefutably, the extension in the lifespan of
    humans permits them to have more opportunities to persevere and pursue their lifelong goals
    or any dreams that they cannot accomplish in their early years. Also, since old people have
    amassed immense understanding both in everyday life and in works throughout their lifetime,
    they can transmit their accumulated experience to the younger generation with a view to
    retaining traditional values and enhancing the quality of workplaces. This conveys, with old
    populations, domestic and global development is guaranteed with the contributions of not only
    the youth but also the elderly. To quintessentially exemplify this, Japan is renowned for being
    the oldest population in the world, yet its economy still prospers sustainably, according to
    recent research.

    In the face of its perks afore-demonstrated, longevity extension engenders severe


    predicaments related to both welfare and healthcare. Prolonging life expectancy undeniably
    leads to the rise in the number of individuals eligible for pension schemes to fulfil their basic
    necessities on a daily basis as the chances are that they are no longer capable of laboring to
    make a living and tend to be dependent on the support from others. This situation puts a
    certain burden on public finances and calls for the need of the government wielding its power
    to enact welfare state policies to allot national funds plausibly so as to pledge the well-being of
    residents in their later life. Additionally, as humans grow, they presumably suffer from a variety
    of hazardous health issues notwithstanding how medicine makes headway, hampering them
    from enjoying their life. As a consequence, high life expectancy decidedly poses a threat of
    overload on the healthcare systems either nationally or worldwide. As an illustration, more and
    more elderly people endure diseases such as diabetes and cognitive ability, which are so serious
    that the demand for making room for those patients certainly pressurizes the healthcare
    services of many nations, especially impoverished or undeveloped ones. Therefore, the
    downsides of life expectancy extension are likely to threaten the society and the executive body
    of any nations.

    In conclusion, the phenomenon has given rise to opinions from both sides of the controversy.
    From my perspective, regardless of how lifespan prolongation can hold any potential for human
    beings, its shortcomings are inevitably acute and likely to outweigh the benefits.

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