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minus-square@droog_the_droog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish16•11 months ago Except that raising children requires more time and resources than caring for elderly. Source on this? Doesn’t sound right at all.
minus-square@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoI’ll dig up more sources but you compared public spending on childcare (which is minimal in the US) to private long term care costs. The average cost to raise a child to age 18 is $310,000. https://www.investopedia.com/how-much-to-save-for-college-4782579
minus-square@lolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months ago The average cost to raise a child to age 18 is $310,000. How many days of intensive care is that? The resources we spend trying to keep dying elderly people around just a little bit longer are insane.
minus-square@Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•11 months ago How many days of intensive care is that? End of life care averages $80,000 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00176-4/fulltext
Source on this? Doesn’t sound right at all.
I’ll dig up more sources but you compared public spending on childcare (which is minimal in the US) to private long term care costs.
The average cost to raise a child to age 18 is $310,000.
https://www.investopedia.com/how-much-to-save-for-college-4782579
How many days of intensive care is that? The resources we spend trying to keep dying elderly people around just a little bit longer are insane.
End of life care averages $80,000
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00176-4/fulltext