"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
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Immerman on Wednesday January 24 2018, @03:27PM (1 child)
What right have you to profit at the expense of your fellow man based on decidedly unnatural social constructs such as private property, designed specifically to be self-catalyzing engines of wealth concentration?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 24 2018, @10:15PM
Because they're the smart ones who figured it out!! Obviously it is their natural superiority at work and thus natural they should be awarded more of humanity's resources. Cause fuck you, I'd rather watch you die. Unless you need a shirt, then apparently you can have TMB's.