I wrote about risk and sunk costs yesterday. (Other posts about 
risk are here and here.) And, I still don’t see any improvement in our leader’s capabilities (read Congress, Senate, Governors, et. al.) in this area. Nor have I seen schools taking up the banner. And, the end results is that we will continually make choices that are counter to our best interests. Some history…
Yes, America has passed health care insurance reform. But (maybe in 2014), we have not addressed the 900 pound gorilla in the room- our overall health care, itself. Here’s an example of the problem- childhood asthma. Of all emergency visits for children (think for a second of how many broken limbs), about 15 to 20% are due to this disease (and much, much higher in cities, where there are less broken limbs from playing in fields).
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