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To: stsimon who wrote (132573)3/27/2017 11:53:35 AM
From: dan6  Read Replies (1) of 218474
 
While I agree, there is a lot of room for improvement in diet and lifestyle - and that any effort that relieves stress on the healthcare system makes it that much easier to look for solutions - there is a bigger problem baked into the system, and while not necessarily a fatal flaw, is a big, head-scratching moral flaw: Humans are greedy when they have a chance, and capitalism often rewards it (or at least kicks the risks down the road, ie debt, environmental degradation, lets people die of preventable diseases.)

While competition does often bring down costs, greed increases them, and this is where government needs to step in to ensure that collateral damage is minimized. Certain things are too fragile and valuable to be left in the hands of the greedy.

Hint: Single-payer.
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