Does prevention really lower health care costs?

August 26, 2008

Both candidates make prevention a focus of their health reform plans. Whether they truly save money or not is unclear at this point.



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1 PharmacistMike August 26, 2008 at 12:56 pm

The cost effectiveness of preventive health may be undecided but as a stage I cancer survivor I can say I would much rather catch a disease earlier or prevent it that to have to undergo extensive treatments.

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