In true Bridget Jones form, "a brilliant post-modernist masterpiece of oratorical fireworks."
Thursday, April 10
Is it cheaper just to let people get sick?
In nursing school they ram prevention down our throats as a way of lowering sky high health care costs. But this article in the Washington Post suggests that maybe prevention isn't cheaper after all. Hmm...
Steve just sent me a link to a discussion you've been particapting in over at de-conversion. Might I just say "you're doing us proud. VERY proud." Great stuff! Keep it up.
I've read a number of articles coming out of Holland and other European countries that are realizing that maybe it's cheaper to not push prevention...people just live too long and cost too much! :)
I've read a couple articles that echo the idea that fat smokers might be much cheaper to society and the insurance system than skinny nonsmokers...
Brand-new college graduate, nurse, and single twenty-something. I mostly blog about whatever theological issue is currently interesting me, but considering that I've called this blog "Oratorical Fireworks" for a reason, I don't think it's wise to quit my day job.
2 comments:
Rachel,
Steve just sent me a link to a discussion you've been particapting in over at de-conversion. Might I just say "you're doing us proud. VERY proud." Great stuff! Keep it up.
I've read a number of articles coming out of Holland and other European countries that are realizing that maybe it's cheaper to not push prevention...people just live too long and cost too much! :)
I've read a couple articles that echo the idea that fat smokers might be much cheaper to society and the insurance system than skinny nonsmokers...
...Interesting...personal liberty wins again...
Post a Comment