5% of Americans Made Up 50% of U.S. Healthcare Spending
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Yeah when you hit your later years you tend to use healthcare much much more. Not really that surprising and I'd bet it's something we'll see in all healthcare systems across the developed world.
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Not surprising.
The more someone needs healthcare, the more they will need it.
It is an uphill battle in most people that make it to old age.
The longer someone lives, the more problems they have.
The more someone needs healthcare, the more they will need it.
It is an uphill battle in most people that make it to old age.
The longer someone lives, the more problems they have.
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Its not a battle at all. Its when people get old and everyone knows they are going to die soon but they, or their family, or their doctor who is afraid of getting sued insists on heroic measures to keep them alive as long as possible that the costs go up fast. Dying with dignity has often become quaint and I think its because many people fear death because they lack faith in a God of their understanding. Would a more religious society decrease the cost of healthcare? Or a more atheist one where the government says, 'you get what you get and you don't throw a fit and when its time to die that is it.'
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Nah, the reason people believe in heaven and all that stuff is because they are afraid of death, so I don't think a more religious society would have a cheaper healthcare cost. People are still afraid of death.
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End of life care is what costs the most. Its people hanging on and trying to keep fate at bay. It takes teams of doctors and their minions to keep death away during such times when letting go is the obvious choice.
We think nothing of aborting healthy people to avoid inconveniencing others and we go out of our way to keep people alive who are old and at death's door. Its an odd way of being.
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