Reply #40: "#1 reason is becasue Americans are lazy and fat"

[Lyric]

Wrong, corporate slimeball. The #1 reason our healthcare is so expensive is because people can't afford to go SEE doctors for preventative care, especially the uninsured. They ignore the pain in their belly, they ignore the weight gain (or loss,) they ignore the toothache, the headaches, the sweating at night, the sudden extreme thirst. By the time things are so bad that they HAVE to go to the doctor, it's too late to step in--the hypoglycemia has become diabetes. The high blood pressure has led to a stroke. The high cholesterol has become full-blown coronary artery disease.

It's a hell of a lot cheaper to PREVENT disease than it is to treat it once it's already there. Ah, but then again, it's also a lot less PROFITABLE, now isn't it?

Americans ARE too fat, overall. But would that still be the case if everyone could afford to see a nutritionist now and then? Or a physical therapist? People often have no idea what it means to eat and live in a healthy way, especially the poor, and without comprehensive, affordable preventative care and nutritional advice, the obesity epidemic is never going to get any better.