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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I think a pretty big chunk of the "why retirees get more out of it than they pay in" is because many of them refuse to go to a doctor at all until it's an emergency. Emergency care, heart disease, stroke, cancer - are all VERY expensive medical issues to treat/cure. Much of this can be prevented (or risk greatly reduced) with regular checkups, routine exams and blood tests, appropriate nutritional and dietary information, and guidance with physical activity.
If you don't go to the doctor until you're sick, you probably could've avoided getting sick if you'd just gone to the doctor first. It costs the doctor less, it costs the health care system less, and it costs you less in your overall health, to participate actively in preventative (wellness) care.
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Not to mention docs here do more blood tests and other tests than we had back in Va or even NYC. Helps keep us in good health longer and sometimes find things that otherwise not been aware of and can prevent from getting worse.
All of this helps us to live longer and costs medicare as a result so of course we get more from medicare than we put in.