[Vision2020] More Proof Preventative Health Care Saves

[Jay Borden]

It sounds great… the math might be right, but I believe the human nature component is wrong… human nature changes when dealing with “other people’s money”.  

 

(“Oh, if I had known you were paying for dinner, I would have ordered something more expensive…”)

 

Putting the word “preventative” in the name doesn’t change the way humans would react to and use it.  

 

If we had universal health care, it means that individuals would never see the benefit of money saved… they would simply be given a “blank check” in terms of their health care and how they care for themselves… and therefore dismiss risks with personal choices for their health.  

 

I can tell you first-hand my experiences on how human behavior changes as soon as fiscal responsibility to pay is shifted to the individual as opposed to a faceless 3rd party.

 

It’s sounds heartless to say (and even harder to defend)… but in order to have people making GOOD decisions, you have to have examples of people making BAD DECISIONS.

 

 

 

 

Jay

 

 

From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:56 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] More Proof Preventative Health Care Saves

 

Numbers show high cost of skipping your meds

Numbers show how skipping your meds can have serious health impact, financial consequences

 

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/numbers-show-high-cost-skipping-214621515.html <http://finance.yahoo.com/news/numbers-show-high-cost-skipping-214621515.html> 

 

"—Every dollar spent on medication decreases total health costs to patients, insurers and government health programs by about $10.10 for people with high blood pressure, by $8.40 for congestive heart failure patients, by $6.70 for diabetics and by about $3.10 for patients with cholesterol disorders."

 

And what idiots would pass up $3.10 to $10.10 return on each $1 invested? The same idiots that pass up universal preventive health care. The same idiots that believe it is better to pay $10.10 of taxpayer dollars in medical treatment tomorrow than to a give the person the opportunity of insurance to spend $1 on medication today. But when your interests lie with the person who gets the $10.10, only then it becomes clear why denying them the insurance to get the medication is the preferred action. 

 

Donovan Arnold                  

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