Yes, but also like getting people who are users to not get themselves killed or sick. Every time someone without insurance ODs, that's a bill that's paid by everyone else seeking healthcare. Then there are things like clean needle programs, which don't just prevent the users from getting AIDS (for instance), they also prevent the spread of disease from the user community into the non-using community.
If they can spend $32k, or $50k, or $100k, on handouts on how to shoot up properly, and prevent even ten ODs who would otherwise have to go to the ER, or prevent ten disease transmissions, they've saved money.
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Date: 2010-01-05 11:37 pm (UTC)Yes, but also like getting people who are users to not get themselves killed or sick. Every time someone without insurance ODs, that's a bill that's paid by everyone else seeking healthcare. Then there are things like clean needle programs, which don't just prevent the users from getting AIDS (for instance), they also prevent the spread of disease from the user community into the non-using community.
If they can spend $32k, or $50k, or $100k, on handouts on how to shoot up properly, and prevent even ten ODs who would otherwise have to go to the ER, or prevent ten disease transmissions, they've saved money.