Topic 14: (25/06/2016) Some people think it is more important for government to spend public money on promoting a healthy lifestyle in order to prevent illness than to spend it on the treatment of people who are already ill. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

In the modern era, how to allocate the government's expenditure has undergone a discussion between the two opposite extremes, the

allocation

for promoting healthy lifestyle programs or the

treatment

of

patients

.

While

having extremely reasonable reasons to support their standpoints. In my humble opinion, I do agree that finding spending on a healthy

promotion

strategy exhibits more vital rather than

treatment

because it benefits disease prevention.   One of the compelling merits of disease prevention is prolonging citizens' average

expectancy

, because some types of chronic diseases, like high blood pressure.

Although

patients

can use some unique medicines to control the development of it, irretrievable harm to

patients

'

expectancy

;

hence

extending the average

expectancy

, rendering it one of the paramount beneficiaries within the government's financial

allocation

. Except for the demonstrated advantage, the

allocation

for promoting a positive lifestyle definitely saves more on the government's fiscal outlays, since expenditure spending on medical

treatment

is always significantly higher compared to that promoting program, especially for some serious diseases like cancer.

While

this

extra funding can be allocated to other items,

such

as basic infrastructure construction. All in all, a large amount of money allocated to the

promotion

of healthy programs is a wise decision for local authorities. In stark contrast, some individuals are proposing that it is not reasonable for local hospitals to be given the most parsimonious portion of the

overall

spending.

This

is because the hospital usually needs to take major responsibility to treat

patients

, including someone who cannot afford the

treatment

fee. In short, increased spending on medical institutions is vital equally. In summation, the

allocation

for healthy

promotion

shows two undeniable advantages, extending local people's

expectancy

and budget saving.

While

funding spending on

treatment

also

has its necessity.

However

, health insurance may become a useful solution to address the problem of the lack ability of to pay medical fees, so

allocation

for healthy

promotion

shows more significance.