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The hit film about overworked nurses that's causing alarm across Europe

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128 points mykowebhn | 1 comments | 29 Jul 25 15:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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constantcrying ◴[29 Jul 25 16:12 UTC] No.44725147[source]▶
Much of the west is getting older and getting sicker. How unsurprising.

What even is the solution? Expand the already massive healthcare sector further? Where does the money for that come from?

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kubelsmieci ◴[29 Jul 25 16:22 UTC] No.44725276[source]▶
Solution: preventive health care, promoting a healthy lifestyle from an early age, and healthy eating
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1. dragonwriter ◴[29 Jul 25 16:47 UTC] No.44725610[source]▶
That definitely increases outcomes and QALY but it only is cost neutral or saves costs if you also more tightly ration low-cost-effectiveness care down the road that ends up usually being near end-of-life, which is where A LOT of current spending is.

This is rational on a broad social level but is very difficult of a change to implement.