Der Ökonom Daniel Susskind sagt, dass Ozempic die Staatsfinanzen radikal verändern könnte, indem es die allgemeine Gesundheitsversorgung erheblich billiger macht, und erklärt seine Argumentation im Zusammenhang mit dem britischen NHS.
https://www.thetimes.com/article/be6e0fbf-fd9d-41e7-a759-08c6da9754ff?shareToken=de2a342bb1ae9bc978c6623bb244337a
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Submission Statement
By eliminating obesity, and reducing addictive behaviors related to alcohol, the widespread use of Ozempic, may have one of the most transformative health effects in human history, akin to the effect the discovery of antibiotics or germ theory had.
Not only that, it could hugely affect government spending and taxation in most western countries, where some form of universal healthcare is the norm. Daniel Susskind here uses Britain as an example, but the arguments are equally applicable to most western countries. It’s odd politicians are only now waking up to this. Normally politicians have to argue for increased spending to give voters what they want, this is the rare contrary example, cut taxes and give the voters huge rewards at the same time. It’s such an obvious vote winner, I won’t be surprised if the cause of ‘Ozempic for all’ is soon the political mainstream all around the world.
As long as Republicans have any voice whatsoever in government, the US will never implement universal health care.
Good luck – this would be labeled “fatphobic” in America.
I do actually hope its some kind of long lasting miracle drug. Reality has taught me though, there is no magic cure all or panacea and the things that appear that way often end up as poison in the long run. I want my cynicism proven wrong here.
The issue is that thin people actually cost more in health care dollars because they live longer. Same with smokers vs non-smokers.
Obese people have higher rates of diabetes, but they die about 4 years earlier than thin people. The thin people amass a lot of health care costs that the obese people do not since they are already dead.
[https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/actually-its-long-healthy-life-costs-more-flna1c9462119](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/actually-its-long-healthy-life-costs-more-flna1c9462119)
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On average, healthy people lived 84 years. Smokers lived about 77 years, and obese people lived about 80 years. Smokers and obese people tended to have more heart disease than the healthy people.
>Cancer incidence, except for lung cancer, was the same in all three groups. Obese people had the most diabetes, and healthy people had the most strokes. Ultimately, the thin and healthy group cost the most, about $417,000, from age 20 on.
>The cost of care for obese people was $371,000, and for smokers, about $326,000.
>The results counter the common perception that preventing obesity will save health systems worldwide millions of dollars.
Overweight people: it’s not our fault, it’s our genetics, society, cheap fast food, not over-eating though
Then ozempic comes in and stops everyone from over eating and voila, they’re not fat anymore..