It's so strange to me how people in this country seem to share a common expectation that an adult should be a productive member of society, but have no expectat

It's so strange to me how people in this country seem to share a common expectation that an adult should be a productive member of society, but have no expectations about being a healthy member of society. The amount of taxpayer money spent on providing treatment for type II diabetes alone is staggering, and even the amount that isn't paid by the government is paid by insurance, so still amortized across the population: "The total estimated cost of diagnosed diabetes in 2012 is $245 billion" "Most of the cost for diabetes care in the U.S., 62.4%, is provided by government insurance" http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy/news-events/cost-of-diabetes.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy/news-events/cost-of-diabete...