Prevention is good for your health, but not good financially for the medical industry

Somehow we are like preys born to contribute to the economy especially the medical industry.

Seeing the "What's a Pound of Prevention Really Worth? " shows us some points to consider.

What is the difference of visiting doctor for protection of health and curing of sickness? We pay less and keep a healthy body. It's a bargain, a good one indeed.

An old Chinese saying, "It is a blessing to have minor health problem". That means if we have to take medication a few times in a year for minor problems, we are lucky. We may wonder why people in old days can afford to do so since there were fewer doctors and they were not so rich in compare with today. Certainly, the medical charge in the old days must be much lower. The high cost today is the unrealistic perfection. We believe that higher pay would lead to perfect treatment. How foolish we are?

So, before blaming the medical industry, first consider the truth of demand and supply. Because we believe high cost equals better medication, so they work as we need. In other words, the health problem today is because we have too much money and ready to pay.