New at Reason: David Harsanyi on Why Preventive Care is a Sick Idea

June 24, 2009

Despite the extraordinary energy exerted in trying to delay the inevitable, the inconvenient fact is we all die. So it is no surprise, writes David Harsanyi, that "preventive" health care, that game-changing fix trotted out relentlessly by both Democrats and Republicans, is so appealing. And like many cure-alls, it's a myth. Moreover, Harsanyi continues, there is one vital aspect of preventive health care that many health care professionals and bureaucrats simply refuse to accept: Some of us can't be helped.

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