Monday, February 18, 2008

Light Up to Reduce Health Care Costs

Interesting short article in this week's issue of Business Week abnout a study by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands.

In favor of banning smoking to reduce the cost burden on the health care system? The study does estimate that smokers cost the health care system the most. But, only up through age 56. Who has the highest lifetime health care costs? Healthy weight, nonsmokers. These people live the longest so consume more health care, especially in the later stages of their lives.

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