A study in the January-February 2009 issue of the journal Health Affairs concluded that 75 percent of the country’s $2.5 trillion in health care spending has to do with four increasingly prevalent chronic diseases: obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Most cases of these diseases, the report stated, are preventable because they are caused by behaviors like poor diets, inadequate exercise and smoking.
NY Times: Health Care Savings May Start in Employee Diets
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And yet, my insurance that is coupled to employment is tax deductible while my gym membership is not.
The reason I’m against the coming debacle in health care legislation is that it ignores this reality, among others. That’s also why the intensity of the legislation’s supporters is a joke. Dislike of the status quo is not enough justification to support a change.
