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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (18902)	8/22/2010 10:45:02 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Wow, seems high Maybe not. "More than 45 percent of adults struggle with a chronic health condition that affects their daily activities. From diabetes to asthma, heart disease, depression, obesity, and AIDS, more and more Americans are living with chronic illnesses. More than 90 million Americans live with one or more chronic illness; at least 22 million live with three chronic illnesses. Coping with a complex chronic illness such as diabetes affects the individual as well as family members throughout the entire lifespan. " cossa.org

To: Brumar89 who wrote (18902)	8/22/2010 11:37:17 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Everything seems to get converted to chronic diseases these days. Even cancer, which was previously about cure/no cure, is now about long-life treatment to keep it down. The increasing chance of getting chronical illnesses by age, is one of the main reasons that a dutch study recently said that obesity isn't expensive, simply because obese people die younger, while non-obese people need life-long treatments. But it is interesting to see how they are considering a fundamental change of the socialised health care structure as a result of chronicalization.