On Jun 10, 5:56*pm, "Upscale" wrote:
"Lew Hodgett" wrote in message
Producing a healthier young population that requires fewer high cost
procedures later in life is the easiest way to reduce what are now a
totally runaway costs to a more manageable level while at the same
time improving over all health of the nation.

Essentially, that's the same as saying the entire county population has to
undergo a complete lifestyle change. What are the chances of that happening?
Sounds good in theory and in practice, but it ain't going to happen in a
dozen lifetimes.

The governments WANT people to die young, 70 tops. No pensions to pay,
no long-term care facilities. Keep the hospitals open for those who
can be put back to work so they can be milked for taxes. An aging
population, a sick population is bad for harvesting taxes.
So smoke'm if you got'm.