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Medical system is basic welfare in most countries on modern society to support citizens to live healthily. Thus, many countries spend tax on medical systems and try to not only promote healthy lifestyle by making policies such as vaccination to prevent illness but support treatment of patients. However, some people think that preventing diseases is more important so government have to spend more money on promoting lifestyle for health and I also agree with that.
First of all, some diseases are contagious so prevention is much more important for other people than remedying someone who already have the disease. Once a disease spread among people, it is hard to control and government has to spend a lot of money to treat patients and stop the contagion. Thus, government has to spend more money on prevention in advance and prepare the emergency by making policies and systems.
Also, health of citizens is connected to country’s human resource. If someone get sick, it takes time to recover and some people can not return to their routines again. The more young people get illness, the more waste of human resources in the country. It can have influence on country’ development. Therefore, it is necessary, especially for young people who can work, to promote healthy lifestyle in order to prevent illness.
As a result, government has to make systems to keep people live healthily and help patients to recover but more concentrate on the former. Preventing diseases by spending more money beforehand can be eventually saving money and human resource. Furthermore, it is good for economy and development of the country. |