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>The lion's share of health care costs are end of life treatments; don't have to worry about those if you die of a heart attack at age 45. Well, you do still h
by oftenwrong 8y ago
>The lion's share of health care costs are end of life treatments; don't have to worry about those if you die of a heart attack at age 45.
Well, you do still have to worry about those, but earlier than expected.
- learc83 8y agoOverweight people are actually cheaper to care for in the long run. "Although effective obesity prevention leads to a decrease in costs of obesity-related diseases, this decrease is offset by cost increases due to diseases unrelated to obesity in life-years gained. Obesity prevention may be an important and cost-effective way of improving public health, but it is not a cure for increasing health expenditures." https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050029 https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...