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		NotMichaelBay on April 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This is a teenager Here's a grim example where being poor leads to being more expensive. An $80 tooth extraction would have avoided $250,000 in hospital care costs. https://perspectivesofchange.hms.harvard.edu/node/165

matrix87 on April 17, 2024 [–]

Maybe for healthcare, in a preventative sense like eating a healthy diet.

But for stuff that requires actual care like your counterexample, yeah it's 100% a government problem

Maybe for crime, diet, civic engagement, it's more of an education problem

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