"If we could get the average American - because they feel healthy, they're vital, they're strong, they have agency over their future - to start working a year earlier, right out of high school, or work a year later, not retire, or work better during their lifetime because they're healthy, it would generate about $3 trillion dollars to the US economy."
""That would more than remove the debt," he continued. "It would provide us unbelievable strength because the taxes on that $3 trillion would allow us to keep Medicare... It would allow us to make Social Security healthier.""
Improving population health to enable Americans to start working a year earlier, delay retirement by a year, or work more effectively during their lifetime could produce roughly $3 trillion for the U.S. economy. Taxes generated from that additional economic activity could more than eliminate national debt and supply revenue to preserve Medicare and improve Social Security finances. A related video circulated on X and received over 2.5 million views. Public reaction included significant criticism and concise responses such as "YIKES," reflecting controversy over linking health-driven workforce changes to fiscal outcomes.
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