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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Is it a superficial level though? She may be great at her job but at the end of the day she's part of the problem with our health care system being overburdened.
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Is there evidence that this is true.
People who die of heart attacks early in life are very efficient for the healthcare system. Not to mention out CPP and OAS systems. I think it is an open question whether healthy people cost the system more than obese people. I think their was a study on smokers that considering all effects that smokers cost less for government services than non smokers specifically because they died earlier. I will see if I can find it.
But is the system overburdened by the unhealthy? I'd be interested in seeing a study on the lifecycle costs.