With additional support from robotic surgery, new technologies offer the prospects of designing new health care systems that address the needs of the elderly while lowering costs.

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President Bush's State of the Union Address proposal to allow individuals who buy catastrophic health care coverage as part of those new HSAs to take a tax deduction for their health insurance premiums was just what the doctor ordered.

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New measures will be outlined to address the wide variations in the quality of care patients get in different parts of the country.

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Already, universities and their medical schools, nursing colleges and schools of public health and pharmacy are expanding departments or creating new programs to address future health care needs.

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