Economics Module Analysis: Unfit For Work

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The economics module has taught me that health care in America costs billions of dollars and some of these costs can be avoided, if executed correctly and if the mass majority stopped undergoing unnecessary treatments. This module made me angry, truthfully, because when I get older and try to retire there will be nothing for me to retire with, and health care will cost a fortune if I become ill. I had some understanding of people abusing “the system” and going on welfare and disability whenever the chance arose because I live in a low-income town, although, I was impacted personally when I read Unfit for Work. In my town we had a Burlington textile plant, from Burlington Coat Factory, however, the company went under and the majority of the

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