Absolutely. There are mountains of evidence to indicate that if we can prevent disease—whether it's cancer, diabetes, heart disease or stroke—we will save tenfold in health care costs.
We want to prevent people from showing up to the emergency room and going through complicated and expensive surgical or diagnostic procedures. Things like taxes on these types of products work. Providing drugs in advance and allowing people who have problems to affordably access drugs keeps people out of the emergency room as well.
The reality is that when it comes to diet, nutrition, and smoking and vaping, etc., prevention is way more cost-effective. Some of these measures in the budget will do that. They're very critical to getting ahead of the curve.
Our health system is already very stretched. We need to keep people out of doctors' offices, out of the emergency room and out of surgery rooms. Preventative measures are really critical.