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The article is a bit more nuanced than the cropped screenshot suggests. The subject matter of the article is about a growing trend of cancer diagnosis im younger employees. It is treated as concerning. The subject came about due to an analysis of the increasing health insurance costs incurred by employers because cancer in young people is a new phenomenon. It also touches on the possible long term impacts on young people who have had to undergo cancer treatment.
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/21/cancer-rates-employer-insurance-health-costs
Yeah, no. Does cancer affect company's insurance costs, sure. But making the rise in cancer rates in younger people, a public health crisis experienced by individuals and families, into an aggregate bottom line issue for capitalists is dehumanizing. Throwing an aside comment about "the possible long term impacts on young people who have had to undergo cancer treatment," just makes it all the worse because they are acknowledging the human aspect is a concern, but they are still most concerned about the dollars and cents for businesses' insurance premiums. That part should be the footnote, not the headline.
That guy got out of the cave and read the article, now he's come back to tell us how the headline shadow of the article was a misrepresentation.
Quick everyone, let's all beat him to death with our downvote, because he tells us the article does not align with what we believe, he must be trying to divide us, but we know our tribe is the most important thing, let's defend the tribe at all cost...
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https://i.imgur.com/gsZAVSh.jpeg
Sounds like the solution is socialized medicine
That is exactly the take I got from the article. They even listed a lack of.preventative care and screening as a contributor to the rise in cancer rates in young people. If I were to guess, the cancer is being found because the employee finally has health insurance and could get themselves checked out without the threat of financial ruin.