Sounds like I found a retirement plan for me :) 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. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:16 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: ironic question about healthcare > > > Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: >> And how to do that? I agree it would be great, but the first step >> would be to require such care as being covered *before* a deductible >> on insurance plans. And that of course will push premiums higher just >> like everything else. And how to encourage doctors to push wellness >> care as well? Some do, but others get more out of putting people on >> these expensive meds than they do from trying to get patients to >> change their lifestyle. > > At a certain point free will enters the equation. As you say, there are > some people who would take advantage of wellness programs. This is > great, and there are many many ways "wellness" can be encouraged in and > outside the healthcare system. Personally though, I think there are a > HUGE number of people who would not, unless it were literally forced on > them - which I am definitely not in support of. > > If someone really wants to smoke and doesn't want to stop, they should > be allowed to, but I don't want to pay their medical bills. If someone > really likes cheetos and sitting on the sofa watching Dr Phill all day, > what do we do with them? > > -Cameron > > > >
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