It does help you to pay for (say) blood-pressure medication. This might be expected to result in more people with medical aid and blood-pressure problems taking their medication.
It also helps to pay for doctors. This leads to more people going to the doctor with minor complaints, and increased chances of catching something serious earlier.
Er, yes, fine, but… to the extent that the study shows anything, it shows that the positive results of these effects, if they exist, are consistent with zero. Can we please discuss the data, now that we have some, and not theory?
It does help you to pay for (say) blood-pressure medication. This might be expected to result in more people with medical aid and blood-pressure problems taking their medication.
It also helps to pay for doctors. This leads to more people going to the doctor with minor complaints, and increased chances of catching something serious earlier.
Er, yes, fine, but… to the extent that the study shows anything, it shows that the positive results of these effects, if they exist, are consistent with zero. Can we please discuss the data, now that we have some, and not theory?