Mike Bloomberg (paraphrasing): “Tax poor people more regressively to manipulate their lifestyle choices so that they live longer.” Hoo boy.
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Haven't come any specific calculation for diabetics, but given it reduces life expectancy by a significant amount (estimates around 8 years) the odds are that it also costs tax payers less than average. 8 less years of care + avoidance of late care costs.
I’m not sure this is right. Diabetics require constant expensive care I.e. medication, dialysis, amputation etc