Billy Cox wrote: > I heard a report on NPR the other day in which a study revealed that the > lifetime healthcare costs for people with unhealthy lifestyles were actually > lower than those who take good care of themselves. > > The finding was that smokers and obese people died earlier in life while > healthier people incurred higher long-term care costs. So, maybe it sucks to > die of emphysema at age 58, but it costs less than tooling around in a > nursing home for 10-20 years.
Yes, I've read this as well. Healthcare also disrupts the process of natural selection and evolution, but I don't find that a valid argument against it either. :) -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:254172 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
