Reply #7: Excellent link - I doubt Wellong knows the data on military health [View All]

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Back in the 80's I did a study on officer military deaths and found that there had been a spike in the 0ver 40 crowd. A little research showed the data had begun to move toward more deaths a couple of years after the military budget increases for toys and cuts for people had included the termination of the required annual physical for officers over 40.

Seems preventive care works - but is too good an idea for a military (with a high percentage of minorities ? - nah - not racial - just cheap).

Simply a case for you get what you want to spend - the military plan would be better under a universal health single payer system - and just as a national single payer in other countries provides a healthier population than the US population at 10% of GNP versus our current for profit system covering a small portion of the population costing over 14% of GNP, the universal health single payer option for the military would save money.