[Vision2020] More Proof Preventative Health Care Saves

[Donovan Arnold]

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
 
"—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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