Billionaires dream of immortality. The rest of us worry about healthcare | Jill Abramson

Trump's attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare leaves Baby Boomers approaching retirement with nervous jitters

Last week, as the Senate was still trying to deny health care to 22 million fellow Americans, a friend asked me whether I would choose to live forever if I could. We were discussing Silicon Valley billionaires and their investments in new bio-technologies that they hope will enable them to do what no human has ever done: cheat death. The technology includes some dubious treatments, like being pumped with the blood of much younger people.

Both of us agreed we do not wish for immortality, though we are both extremely happy with our lives and healthy. Wanting to live forever is fundamentally selfish. It's obvious why immortality appeals to billionaires like Peter Thiel. It obviously wouldn't to the millions in the US who won't have health insurance if the Republicans pull out the vote on their bill.