The Happy Hospitalist: “Do you see the ridiculous train of thought that develops when one attempts to argue that unhealthy lifestyles actually benefits a national health system’s bottom line.
Instead of incentivizing quality initiatives (that have a constantly changing evidence base), maybe our government should start incentivizing bad care.”
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Or maybe it’s just not the place of government to incentivize lifestyle choices at all. There’s no way to really prove conclusively that one lifestyle costs more than another in an overall sense, it’s barely more than conjecture, and the studies change weekly. Just live and let live.
Maybe the government should just defend my rights, which is it’s job, and stay out of my *%$#@! personal business.
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