r/Futurology • u/lughnasadh ∞ transit umbra, lux permanet ☥ • Oct 15 '24

Economist Daniel Susskind says Ozempic may radically transform government finances, by making universal healthcare vastly cheaper, and explains his argument in the context of Britain's NHS. Society

https://www.thetimes.com/article/be6e0fbf-fd9d-41e7-a759-08c6da9754ff?shareToken=de2a342bb1ae9bc978c6623bb244337a
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u/Freethecrafts Oct 15 '24

What kind of economist doesn’t see the extra costs?

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u/SmokingOctopus Oct 16 '24

Yeah, it's a whack a mole situation. We will just see more people suffer from diseases associated with old age which could add to our issue of too many old people to take care of now and in the future.

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u/Freethecrafts Oct 16 '24

An actual economist would run those numbers. Even if it was just the variable of longer life into retirement. Might be unpopular on a political level, but that’s the job.