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An unprecedented window into how diseases take hold years before symptoms appear

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202 points helsinkiandrew | 2 comments | 18 Jul 25 08:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.009s | source
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findthewords ◴[22 Jul 25 09:57 UTC] No.44645035[source]▶
Preventative treatment for disease is ten, hundred, thousand times cheaper than treatment ex post facto.
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fxtentacle ◴[22 Jul 25 10:00 UTC] No.44645054[source]▶
Only if you have an excellent health insurance plan. Otherwise, preventive treatment costs you money, while curative treatment is paid for you.

Sounds like a misguided incentive ...

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xedrac ◴[22 Jul 25 12:34 UTC] No.44646096[source]▶
So exercise, eating healthy, fasting, brushing/flossing teeth, consistent sleep schedule, daily sun exposure, good relationships, and stress management all depend on a health insurance plan?
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HPsquared ◴[22 Jul 25 12:43 UTC] No.44646179[source]▶
You certainly need to "pay" for those yourself, insurance or not (I guess that's probably your point). Going for a run doesn't go on any billing schedule or contribute to GDP, it's all self-funded from your own personal resources of time and energy.
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1. nradov ◴[22 Jul 25 16:21 UTC] No.44649275[source]▶
What a bizarre way of looking at the basic maintenance necessary to keep your body working.
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2. s1artibartfast ◴[22 Jul 25 22:12 UTC] No.44653585[source]▶
Not wrong tho. If there were no costs then surely everyone would do it.