The prevention of health problems and illness is more important than treatment and medicine. Government should reflect this. To what extent do you agree

Government

spending usually shows where it's priority lies. In

healthcare

, it is said that

prevention

of health problems and illness is more important than

treatment

and medicine, and

therefore

,

government

funding should reflect it.

This

essay will discuss why I agree with

this

notion. It is a popular saying that

prevention

is better than cure. It will be more beneficial to a

government

and

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of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

citizens to budget more on

prevention

than

treatment

. One major reason is that the cost of

treatment

is often higher than the cost of

prevention

. Purchasing medicine or having to undergo

surgeory

the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

surgery

surgeries

in order to treat a disease requires a lot of money. On the order hand, when money is spent on projects

such

as sensitization or vaccinations, the cost incurred by the

government

will be less in the long

run especially,

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run, especially

for a nation that takes the

healthcare

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health care

of

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of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

people importantly.

For example

, the United States spends 40 percent of

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of a thing, of it; possessive form of "it"

its

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health care

budget on sensitization, and a recent report by their department of health attributed the reduction of sexually transmitted diseases to increased sensitization.

Furthermore

,

prevention

promotes mental and emotional well-being as well. People who have never contacted a disease are less likely to be depressed.

This

can really improve the standard of living in a community or nation. Take or instance the recent list of the 10 happiest countries in the world. A common feature among them them is a good

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health care

plan and low sickness or disease

occurence

an event that happens

occurrence

. In conclusion, I agree with the idea that

government

funding should focus more on

prevention

of

healthcare

problems than

treatment

or medicine even though the latter should

also

be a critical component of

helthcare

the preservation of mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession

healthcare

funding.