07-22-2009, 11:19 AM
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sex dwarf
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 17,860
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Originally Posted by Pleasurepays
depends one who is spending the bulk of the time in the health care system, having the costliest issues and draining the resources as a result of the choices they've made.
If that's me... i've paid into it and i'm taking MY money back out. assuming its a % of my taxable earnings. basically, i would have to have a major tragedy or act of God to take out what i've put in.
when its a bunch of obese, chain smoking Wall Mart greeters.. they are taking THEIR MONEY AND MY MONEY OUT.
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http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/...l.pmed.0050029
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Because of differences in life expectancy, however, lifetime health expenditure was highest among healthy-living people and lowest for smokers. Obese individuals held an intermediate position.
Conclusions
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.
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