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Re:This is a teenager by NotMichaelBay on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @09:46PM (#40059541)
Here's a grim example where being poor leads to being more expensive. An $80 tooth extraction would have avoided $250,000 in hospital care costs.

https://perspectivesofchange.hms.harvard.edu/node/165

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Re:This is a teenager by matrix87 on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @12:47AM (#40060529)
Maybe for healthcare, in a preventative sense like eating a healthy diet.

But for stuff that requires actual care like your counterexample, yeah it's 100% a government problem

Maybe for crime, diet, civic engagement, it's more of an education problem

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