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Trans fats and rising health care costs in the US?
I need to find an academic article that can show how trans fats are driving up healthcare costs. This is for an argument paper for college and I have to write an annotated bibliography. Could I argue that since trans fats are accelerating heart disease and diabetes diagnoses they are the cause for part of the rapidly rising healthcare costs? I found an article that says the AMA estimates that if trans fats were cut from the American diet then 30-100 thousand people would be saved. I could just say that since that many people need some kind of medical care then trans fats are responsible for driving up healthcare costs. But if any of you can find an article that links trans fats directly to rising healthcare costs that'd be fabulous. I am finding none of the sort.
Thank you!
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- jpturbopropLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
The volume of services provided does not drive the cost. Cost is driven by greed, and the cost associated with new technology. Actually, you can argue that Trans fats are lowering the cost of health care by precipitating the number of unattended deaths. None of the statisticians keep track of the fact that an unattended death (sudden death) actually costs very little.