boem@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoJapan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million on falling birthswww.japantimes.co.jpexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1293cross-posted to: hackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year 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-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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
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