▲ 286 ▼ Japan's 18-year-olds at record-low 1.06 million on falling births (www.japantimes.co.jp) submitted 2 years ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years 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 permalink fedilink source parent