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A lot of preventative care just delays old-age care rather than avoiding it entirely. I remember a professor in law school saying that during the big tobacco t
by ksdale 7y ago
A lot of preventative care just delays old-age care rather than avoiding it entirely.
I remember a professor in law school saying that during the big tobacco trials, someone mentioned that people dying younger from smoking meant lower healthcare costs overall, because the major predictor of healthcare costs is age. Basically everyone dies, and the older you are when you die, the more expensive it will be.
Obviously that's not a good reason to die early, but preventative care is mostly good for quality of life, rather than from a financial perspective.
- asdff 7y agodying early while straining the system tasked with treating your lung cancer and emphysema might not actually save more money
- ksdale 7y agoMost people don't die from old age and nothing else, though. If someone doesn't die from lung cancer, they're most likely going to die from some other kind of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes, or some kind of organ failure, none of which are exactly inexpensive to die from (barring very sudden death from a heart attack or stroke).