One study has calculated that the lifetime benefit to the local economy for a single additional student who completes high school is half a million dollars or more.

一项研究计算得出，每增加一名完成高中学业的学生，当地经济的终身效益将增加50万美元或更多。

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Some of their proposed design changes strayed far from the original CLASS design, which would have made it possible for nearly everyone who worked to enroll, included a premium subsidy for students and others with low incomes, charged a fixed premium, and paid a lifetime benefit for those who were unable to care for theselves.

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That entitles you to a much higher lifetime benefit, and this benefit is adjusted for inflation.

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