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thucythucy

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13. Absolutely!
Mon Jan 29, 2024, 12:16 PM
Jan 2024

It's interesting how the most humane options also so often turn out to be the most cost effective.

Just as another example: home health care and independent living services are less costly than locking people into nursing homes. Most people consigned to nursing homes might just as easily and effectively be cared for in their own homes, but instead of subsidizing home health options and independent living programs, we spend billions subsidizing nursing homes. Unless you're a lobbyist for the nursing home industry, or a shareholder, this makes no sense at all.

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