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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (556727)	3/23/2010 7:44:44 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1574854

Ted, > Who do you think picks up the tab if someone has a pre existing condition, can't get insurance and ends up in the hospital and can't pay the bill? We all do, but let's get one thing straight. Covering them from the beginning is more expensive than treating them when things get so bad they end up in the hospital. Not necessarily. Its called preventative care. If people were seeing an MD more regularly, many of the major illnesses that force people into hospitals and require surgery wouldn't happen. The key issue here is quality of service, not lowering costs. Too many people believe the myth that preventative care (at least the way it's defined currently in America) leads to lower costs. A number of people I know who are fair skinned have been having precancerous growths removed since they were in their twenties. By doing that and taking other precautions, they should be able to avoid melanoma in their old age. The truth is preventative care does work and there is a very logical reason why one of the wealthiest nations in the world spends a fortune on health care but ranks only 37th in longevity. And its not because we have more gun and car deaths than other countries.

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