[tyoma]

While it would be better for people who would live longer and healthier lives, it would not cost less.

The reason is the same reason that smokers actually saved the health system money (source: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199710093371506). People who live longer use more and more expensive healthcare.

[mfer]

That assumes high chronic diseases from other things causing high health care costs. What if we got rid of most chronic diseases? Most are caused by lifestyle but they’ve become topics we just don’t talk about. They’re taboo.