Feb 10, 2012 ... We first published that conclusion in 2009, when we rated True a claim by New  York Times columnist David Brooks that preventive care does not save the  government money. When President Barack Obama claimed it did save money in  a September 2009 speech to Congress, we rated it False. On Feb.
Jan 28, 2013 ... One big reason why preventive care does not save money, say health  economists, is that some of the best-known forms don't actually improve  someone's health. These low- or no-benefit measures include annual physicals  for healthy adults. A 2012 analysis of 14 large studies found they do not lower the  ...
Feb 14, 2008 ... Preventive measures that do not save money may or may not represent cost- effective care (i.e., good value for the resources expended). Whether any  preventive measure saves money or is a reasonable investment despite adding  to costs depends entirely on the particular intervention and the specific ...
Aug 5, 2015 ... But there are only a few situations in which giving someone more health care will  actually end up saving money. .... like Mr. Cohen, who study these trade-offs, say  we need to think more broadly about the value of what our preventive spending  buys, not the narrow question of whether it saves money.
Health improvements and cost savings are achievable by providing targeted,  evidence-based, and cost-effective health promotion and disease prevention  programs that reduce modifiable risk factors, often the cause of costly chronic  diseases. Adopting commonsense health practices does not require expensive  technology, ...
Preventive care does not save the government money.