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Originally Posted by Patriam1066
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Call me old fashioned but I still don’t think you should receive health care if you don’t take “care” of yourself
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I think fats are a case for primary health care, preventative healthcare, health education and community health workers.
The reason fats are a healthcare crisis is because it is allowed to become a raging inferno that is very expensive to fight, instead of dealing with it when it is just an ember.
Dollars spent in the right place ensure someone is a healthy worker, productive for the economy, and with a long working life.
Consider the potential taxes lost because someone is a fat cripple that can't work. Think about how they drain healthcare resources. Now compare how little it costs to have proper community health projects and preventative healthcare that greatly reduce the chance that someone becomes a disgusting slob.
I don't care for the moral argument; the economic argument is healthcare to save people from getting disgusting and a burden.