| HappySqurriel said: I haven't looked for statistics recently, but a couple years ago I saw that 80% of all illnesses were considered "Preventable" and they accounted for (roughly) 90% of healtcare costs ... Now, I could be wrong but I suspect that healthcare actually matches the old cliche of "A dime of prevention is worth a dollar of cure" The problem is how do you convince people to live a healthier lifestyle? |
Thats true, preventative medicine is the best and cheapest way to treat patients.
For people who are uninsured, they dont get preventative medicine because they cant afford it. They dont do regular check ups so they dont know about a problem until its already presented itself, they they go to the hospital which has to treat them. Insuring more people is the only way to go about this, no matter if your answer is free market or government regulation.
As for people who are insured but dont use check ups effectively and miss out on preventative treatment, there isn't a good answer to that. I guess we could scare them into going to the doctor with ads.
