Critical Reasoning (CR) | ­The evidence of the last 50 years in this country shows how unlikely

­The evidence of the last 50 years in this country shows how unlikely it is that the cost of treating any particular disease in the population at large will fall merely because of improvements in medical technology. For while medical technology advanced tremendously during that time, annual overall spending on disease treatment also rosedramatically.  

The conclusion of the argument is thefollowing:

The evidence of the last 50 years in this country shows how unlikely it is that the cost of treating any particular disease in the population at large will fall merely because of improvements in medicaltechnology.

The support for the conclusion is thefollowing:

while medical technology advanced tremendously during that time, annual overall spending on disease treatment also rosedramatically

One issue with this argument that may jump out at us is that the conclusion is about "the cost of treating any particular disease" whereas the evidence is about "overall annual
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