It's a common libertarian cry, and one of the big arguments against Obamacare in the US and Medicare in Aus 3/https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889616497391411201 …
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The first big point? Preventive care is CHEAP. Much, much cheaper than treating diseasehttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889616497391411201 …
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Let's take an example. The lifetime cost of an HIV infection is ~$400,000. That's medications, hospitals etc 5/https://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889617554200825857 …
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So every HIV infection costs us a LOT of money. But preventing one costs less than 1/10th of that amount 6/
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(It depends on how high your rates of HIV are, but it's usually around $30,000 to prevent one case) 7/
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So, if we wanted to save money, the obvious course of action would be to provide HIV prevention for freehttps://twitter.com/GidMK/status/889617962679894019 …
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Well your assumption here is that everybody's life is equally worthy.I think the opposers challenge exactly that.It's an equal rights issue.
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I don't think they argue that people's lives aren't 'equal', I think it's more that they deserve the health problems they get
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I guess you're right - this is closer to the position they hold. In NL we have a long tradition of national healthcare, but this stance ...
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...is not unheard of here either. The most recent incarnation: why should the system provide PrEP if ppl could also choose to have safe sex?
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That's pretty much the argument. It's ignoring the basic realities of life, but people stick to it because it feels morally superior
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Honest curious question: how do you feel about this in relation to the utalitarian decisions sometimes made by medical professionals w/re...
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...to say, organ transplants for people with an unhealth lifestyle? I.e. liver transplant for alcoholics; lung transplant for smokers; etc?
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