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Fortune
Michael Gerling

The 'tech neck' time bomb: why 43 million young Americans could cripple U.S. health care within a generation

mg (Credit: courtesy of Michael Gerling)

In approximately 20 years this nation will face a medical crisis so widespread and so debilitating, that it has the potential to harm America’s health care economy.

It will likely affect the vast majority of nearly 43 million Americans who demographers currently call Gen Alpha (10 to 12 years old) and Gen Z (12 to 18 years old).

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