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0 pointsdominotw3y ago0 comments

> countries without that or with less generally have better outcomes at less cost.

> Looking for evidence to the contrary

There was no evidence behind your claim either. 90% of US healthcare costs go to managing ( not treating ) obesity/metabolic disease . Yes 90% [1].

Which country with similar metabolic disease rate has better outcomes with less costs?

1. https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/costs/index.htm

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groby_b3y ago

That is not at all what your link says.

"90% of the nation's $4.1 trillion in annual health care expenditures go to people with chronic and mental health conditions"

Obesity is $173 billion, diabetes $327 billion.

We could certainly do much better, but blaming health care cost on metabolic diseases is disingenuous. Diabetes cost is roughly the same percentage of total expenditure as it is in other industrialized nations. (I didn't check obesity)

It stands to reason that really, the problem is the size of the pie, not the size of the slice.

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cmalmberg233y ago

The link you posted says that the 90% is to treat all "chronic and mental health conditions," which is a much larger grouping than just obesity/metabolic disease.

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