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Preventative care doesn't actually save money (source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/upshot/preventive-health-care-costs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/
by chipperyman573 7y ago
Preventative care doesn't actually save money (source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/upshot/preventive-health-care-costs.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/29/upshot/preventive-health-... )
But a moral argument could certainly be made for option G.
- gav 7y agoPreventative care might not save money, but in a nationalized system which is funded by tax collection, having participants healthy so that they can live longer and pay more taxes sounds like a good idea. I feel like it's not only a moral argument, instead it's a better alignment of those who pay and are served by the system. At present, the goals of insurers and providers are very different from patients, partly due to profit-seeking, partly due to the disconnect in who pays for it (49% of US population receives employer-covered healthcare).
- MereInterest 7y agoHuh, thank you. I hadn't known that. I tend to go with the monetary argument first, since it helps to convince people who are primarily self-interested. I definitely think that there is a moral argument for option G, and will stick to those arguments overall in the future.