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My logic: Q: How many people take vitamin d supplements now? A: Not many Q: How many would take it if it was given to them free? A: A lot Q: how much does
by jonplackett 6y ago
My logic:
Q: How many people take vitamin d supplements now?
A: Not many
Q: How many would take it if it was given to them free?
A: A lot
Q: how much does it cost to give someone life saving ICU support?
A: a lot
Q: how much does it cost to give people some vitamin d?
A: not much
- rhexs 6y agoI doubt having the world’s largest bureaucracy create a plan to source and ship Vitamin D to every American would cost “not much”. On the contrary, each American would most likely be taking the most expensive Vitamin D ever sourced. Yes, theoretically, without fraud, waste, and abuse, it would be cost efficient. But that isn’t even remotely a possibility.
- jonplackett 6y agoWhen you put it like that I see your point. I was thinking of my own country, the UK. I think places without the insanity of US medical insurance prices may be able to do this sensibly. As other have pointed out some counties are doing this already for kids.
- ajuc 6y agoMy logic: Q: how many people take vitamin D? A: not many Q: how many would take it if they knew they need it? A: a lot Q: what can we do about it? A: spend X on "marketing" so they know they should take it, or spend 1000*x on giving people stuff they can buy themselves