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posted by janrinok on Tuesday January 23 2018, @11:51PM   Printer-friendly

"Spending more on health care sounds like it should improve health, but our study suggests that is not the case and social spending could be used to improve the health of everyone," says Dr. Daniel Dutton, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta. "Relative to health care, we spend little on social services per person, so redistributing money to social services from health care is actually a small change in health care spending."

Health care costs are expanding in many developed countries like Canada, and governments are seeking ways to contain costs while maintaining a healthy population. Treating the social determinants of health like income, education, or social and physical living environments through spending on social services can help address the root causes of disease and poor health. However, health spending continues to make up the lion's share of spending.

[...] The commentary author suggests governments should allocate social spending fairly for both young and old to ensure that the younger generation is not being shortchanged.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180122104016.htm

[Paper]: Effect of provincial spending on social services and health care on health outcomes in Canada: an observational longitudinal study

[Related]: The need for health in all policies in Canada


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @05:24PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @05:24PM (#627237)

    1) you say everybody should live drug Free.

    People can think that's the ideal reality without also thinking it's actually reality.

    4) you don't say who will pay for all these drugs, and the hospital an medical costs caused by all this free drugs use. hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills picked up by who?

    Who pays for our current system when people overdose and cannot afford health care? You don't seem to understand that our system right now is actually more expensive than trying to prevent these health issues in the first place. You might ask, 'How can we afford to help these people?' I say that we can't afford not to do it.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday January 24 2018, @07:43PM (1 child)

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday January 24 2018, @07:43PM (#627330) Journal

    And you don't understand that the GP was not suggesting ANYTHING that would prevent these health issues. Simply providing recreational drugs free of charge in any quantity in the (implied) hopes that the drug abuser will overdose and die early.

    Government provided free drugs to help speed your way to the grave.

    Nice job AC.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:17PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:17PM (#627420)

      Do you have a special club for clueless people? Oh right, the Republican party!

      Sorry it was too easy, and we all know Democrats are the height of wisdom and purity!