Bingo
40.2% of healthcare cost was from gov spending last year
That means of the 4.1Trillion dollars spent 1.65 Trillion is theoretically taxpayer funded. With 144M taxpayers in the US the average burden on each taxpayer is $11,422 (approximately) per year. This pisses me off
Therefore it is a problem that 42% (as of 2020, I am sure that has gone up thanks to lockdowns) of the USA is obese. All taxpayers are racking up medical debt for the chronically ill.
Especially considering that most of those taxpayers already pay for their own health insuranceā¦
Nice breakdown
#StarveTheFat
^too far?
In general I tend to agree re obesity. The majority of cases are lifestyle related - and no one else is to blame.
But - and it is a but based on my own professional experiences - it is more complicated than just excess calories. Similar to the genetic variety in predisposition of building muscle (or not) applies to obesity.
I am not sure to what extent, but would not be surprised if we are talking about 5-10% of the population that canāt even look at a box of cool whip without gaining some pounds. As far as I know it may be caused by several factors (digestive system hormones, gut bacteriae) along with hereditary traits.
That being said, the majority of swedish men are considered overweight. In the US I would expect the same applies re obesity unfortunately (42% you said in the previous post - thanks).
I canāt disagree with you because i have no background. Even if itās as high as 10% that still leaves 33% or so that are driving the majority of publicly funded health costs. Not to get to far into PWI territory in this thread but I think some responsibility needs to fall on that 33%
This was at 7 PM. And itās sticky humid.
Canāt remember which part of the state you are in but, I feel your pain. It was hot AF today. Going to be worse tomorrow.
Right outside of Houston.
Iām in the hill country. 110 in Austin today
Myself
I hear you guys. Weāve been getting up into the 80ās lately and itās been awfully warm at night, sometimes up in the 60ās.
Time to put the A/C on.
82 here right now. It was almost too hot to sit at a picnic table under a tree to eat pizza beside the river earlier.
We managed, but just barely.
Us too. I understand and relate to your discomfort. Itās really been brutal here.
IāM SO PISSED AT THIS HEAT! 88 DEGREES TODAY!
GOSH!!!
88 is barely summer tempsā¦
Letās not forget about humidity anna, 88 degrees is not fun when it is also very humid.
Who are you two to tell me what my truth is?
I donāt need humidity to bitch about it being 88 degrees. The science is clear, it is too hot.
Try Florida
Been in the mid to high 90s for weeks here in florida
yeah. I miss the heat
I heard it gets so hot that people need to supplement their electrolytes with Bud Light and bath salts!
I love the heat, but this year it seems like its just too hot