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To: SilentZ who wrote (346245)	8/9/2007 4:07:52 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575760

Z, I'll tell you what passes for "preventative care" here. One time I caught a cold, and the symptoms though minor lasted for over two weeks. That's rather unusual for me, so I went to the doctor. He started putting me under all these expensive tests, including an ultrasound (I'm not pregnant, doc!). He then said that I seemed to have a fatty liver, as if that had anything to do with my illness. He wanted me to come in for more tests and more appointments, but I really didn't feel like it, especially since the cold finally went away at that time. When I told the doctor that, he didn't seem to mind at all. OK, what happened to the concern over my fatty liver? Since then, I've been in fine health. I didn't pay a cent, but I have to wonder how much all of those tests cost to my health insurance provider. And for what? The bottom line is that we already have a lot of preventative care here in America. You might focus only on the uninsured, but hey, I've always said that universal health care will succeed in drastically reducing that number. But who's going to pay? And if you really want to talk about "preventative care," how about the fact that more Americans are overweight these days? Life expectancies are now declining thanks in part to unhealthy lifestyles. Diet, exercise, and cutting smoking are the best methods of "preventative care" we have. Tenchusatsu