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Ask anyone for a list of ways to live a longer, healthier life, and they’re likely to include exercise, a better diet and less stress. But there’s something they’re likely to leave off the list that’s had a far more profound effect on health and longevity: medical innovation.

New drugs, new surgical techniques, new medical devices -- from retroviral AIDS therapies to cutting-edge chemotherapy treatments -- have, quite literally, given us more time on earth.

Unfortunately, there’s a piece of the health care reform law passed last year that could derail this life-prolonging momentum. 

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