It tends to balance out, while they need more health care, they use less of other resources. But put it this way, the US spends about 17% of it&#x27;s GDP on healthcare. So an aging population is a serious issue. Say you double that and now it&#x27;s 34% of GDP (yikes). Now consider Japan, 10%. And Japan has a significantly older demographic already. So say it rises 50% over twenty years to 15%. That&#x27;s still better than the US right now. China&#x27;s healthcare expenditures are 5% of GDP.<p>Numbers from here.
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