Critical Reasoning (CR) | industrialized nations have reported a sharp rise in the per capita

Many industrialized nations have reported a sharp rise in the per capita cost of health care -- the total amount paid in the nation for health care, divided by the number of people. This increase is likely to continue since the population of these countries is predominantly older, and elderly people have more reasons to need health care than do younger people


Which one of the following points out an error in the reasoning behind the prediction made above?


a. It fails to consider the actual
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