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Crippling socialized medical costs as the obesity rate skyrockets. :-/
by zeamaize 10y ago
Crippling socialized medical costs as the obesity rate skyrockets. :-/
- sqeaky 10y agoHealthy people are more expensive. People who don't exercise simply die young (in their 50s and 60s) and people who are healthy can cling on for decades fully utilizing the range of expensive treatments.
- mulmen 10y agoDoes this account for the additional value a longer life may bring to society? A healthy person could stay in the workforce longer for example.
- sitkack 10y agoWe are out of jobs. Need to downsize the human race. post peak employment.
- clock_tower 10y agoIf the economy's failing to engage with everyone, the answer is a less dysfunctional economy, not death camps.
- sqeaky 10y agoNo not at all, just raw expense.
- passive 10y agoSource? My understanding is that particularly in the US, we can keep unhealthy people going for a very long time, for a lot of $$$.
- sqeaky 10y agoMy source was the freakonomics podcasts. I would agree that a billionaire with predictable medical expenses will more options than a person in any sort of health and likely live longer. Most people in bad health don't have unlimited money thought (simply because most people don't have unlimited money).