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Healthcare currently consumes 18% of our GDP and is projected to consume 34% by 2040. This will be absolutely devastating for us. The ability to accomplish anyt
by slantedview 11y ago
Healthcare currently consumes 18% of our GDP and is projected to consume 34% by 2040. This will be absolutely devastating for us. The ability to accomplish anything meaningful as a society will diminish as more and more of our wealth is directed towards what is the most wasteful healthcare system in the modern world.
What is causing this and what can be done?
- iambateman 11y agoMy wife is a therapist and one day we were talking. A patient was discharged from their hospital and I asked who was in charge of follow up. "No one." Turns out, there is very very little money in "healthcare" while there is a great deal of money in "sickcare". If we are going to reduce the amount of money in sickcare, we're going to have to start caring for people before they are 60 years old, 325 pounds, have diabetes and hypertension and a McDonalds craving. Because by then we have already lost.