I hear the people who say "it'll cost us even more in taxes to provide healthcare to that many more people." Guess what? It ends up costing a lot more to treat illnesses once they've gotten past the preventive care stage, in lost dollars to ERs for severely ill people who can't pay, and in lost productivity for people who end up having to take more time off their jobs - or quit altogether and go on disability - because an illness that could've been caught and treated WASN'T.
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Date: 2009-08-01 02:07 am (UTC)