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Everyone seems to agree that if we were not overweight, stopped smoking, etc. that our heatlhcare costs would be lower. Our great leader in Washington, while he smokes his cigarettes assures us that he has a better idea about how the heatlhcare delivery and insurance system should work.
Let's assume that there is Medicare for all or something similar, with our taxes (which of course won't increase) paying for all of this. And let's also assume that there would be massive expenditures to assist us in kicking our smoking habit, losing weight, reducing cholesterol, and everything else that kills us.
We would all live longer.
So wouldn't that mean that we'd have even more very old people burdening the system with massive medical bills?
It would appear to me that being healthy now only delays the inevitable expenditure in our last year of life. Unless the feds decide there is no value in old people and lets all of us (okay, you) die.
Rick
Let's assume that there is Medicare for all or something similar, with our taxes (which of course won't increase) paying for all of this. And let's also assume that there would be massive expenditures to assist us in kicking our smoking habit, losing weight, reducing cholesterol, and everything else that kills us.
We would all live longer.
So wouldn't that mean that we'd have even more very old people burdening the system with massive medical bills?
It would appear to me that being healthy now only delays the inevitable expenditure in our last year of life. Unless the feds decide there is no value in old people and lets all of us (okay, you) die.
Rick