If you think back and people didn't have the benefit of the last 150 years of "innovation", did it really make their lives better? We are not talking about life extension, which just gives you more time, not necessarily in a good way.
For all we know, EVERYONE died of cancer in the 1800's, we just couldn't detect that. You would get sick and then you would die, or you would feel basically okay and suddenly you would practically fall over dead. The key in most of this is the word "practically".
We have convinced everyone that you need to know everything, damned be the cost. That is what justifies the massively expensive "healthcare" we have. Voyeuristic diagnosis that has created so many new maladies, often countered by life-destroying expense that might buy a person a few months or years of reduced life and put their family into hock forever. Doctors appreciate the income it provides, but it is at the expense of families after their insurance invariably bales out of the equation.
I came to the realization that I would rather have the experience of my great-grandparents than the one what modern society was pushing on me as the "right" response.
For instance, most people "fight" cancer, actually submitting to serialized and grossly expensive chemically-induced near-death experiences that might leave you "cancer-free" yet is more likely to shackle you to an ongoing medical half-life that will ultimately weaken your body and kill you regardless.