Thanks for the link back. I know the info was quite sobering. I guess someone needs to be the bearer of bad news. In part it was to help me too; I need to break the styrofoam habit!
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· 1 year ago
Interesting point on the US government having a vested interest in heavily medicated, somewhat ill citizens. Kinda makes me happy to be living in Canada where the government has a financial incentive to keep the citizens as healthy as possible. Sick people cost a lot of money to a government covering their basic health care.
On the other hand, there's probably still an 'optimal' number of sick people for the Government of Canada to have. Too many and the health care costs are crippling (i.e. the situation now). Too few and they lose all the lovely tax dollars and employment garnered from the pharmaceutical and pharmacy industries, not to mention the increase in payouts necessary from the Canadian Pension Plan when everyone lives that much longer.
In any case, I'm guessing that 'optimal' number is lower North of the border than South.
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On the other hand, there's probably still an 'optimal' number of sick people for the Government of Canada to have. Too many and the health care costs are crippling (i.e. the situation now). Too few and they lose all the lovely tax dollars and employment garnered from the pharmaceutical and pharmacy industries, not to mention the increase in payouts necessary from the Canadian Pension Plan when everyone lives that much longer.
In any case, I'm guessing that 'optimal' number is lower North of the border than South.