Wellness Again
I have always been in favor of wellness. But wellness doesn’t pay for itself. It’s not like an investment good that pays a positive rate of return. It’s like a consumer good that must be traded against other goods money can buy. The Institute of Medicine is making a push for wellness this week. Nothing wrong with that. But there is something wrong with thinking that wellness programs will reduce total costs. They won’t.
Same principle you applied before to preventive care.
Bret,when you’re so attached to an idea that it is inconceivable to let go of it, principles and evidence don’t matter.
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