«People often think of obesity as an insurance issue, and they know that
expensive health care problems are associated with it,» says lead author says Bruce Y. Lee, MD, executive director of the Global Obesity Prevention Center at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Not exact matches
We have worse
problems, including a
health care / insurance system that is the most
expensive on this planet and covering the fewest people.
MDR and XDR - TB are associated with high mortality, are a threat to
health -
care workers, prohibitively
expensive to treat, and are therefore a serious public
health problem.
Since obesity - related issues can be
expensive to treat,
health care costs can lead to high medical bills and financial
problems.
It's
expensive to
care for unplanned litters of kittens, and the risk of certain
health problems, including some types of cat cancers, can be greatly reduced or even avoided entirely simply by having your cat spayed or neutered.
It's
expensive to
care for unplanned litters of puppies, and the risk of certain
health problems, including some types of cancers, can be greatly reduced or even avoided entirely simply by having your dog spayed or neutered.
And not because it is unnecessary, though I would tend to argue that way, but for the same reason that people don't like the
health care bill — its a big freaking
expensive mess that doesn't even clearly solve the
problem it sets out to attack.
Studies show that people with
health insurance seek preventative treatment for issues that arise, which is most often far less
expensive than reactionary
care after a
problem has necessitated emergency room visits.
It won't pay for everyday
health problems, but will pay when you have very
expensive health care needs.