[camel_gopher]

Tl;dr be affluent enough to be able to afford great medical care and have enough free time for preventative actions

[tonymet]

Walking and eating sensibly is free. Even a balance oatmeal, rice & beans with infrequent meat servings would defend against heart disease better than expensive medicine, at less than $1 / day.

[lotsofpulp]

Lentils/legumes are cheap. There is probably no better bang for the buck. Yogurt is also cheap.

[yinser]

Promoting good habits is good but this is health advice from an unlicensed commenter to say rice and beans is better than taking a statin. Consult your doctor if you’re curious what to do.

[pstuart]

And not smoking or drinking saves you money!

[hshdhdhehd]

I think the point is it is cheap to prevent. The weird tip is doing a different test to the standard one, which costs little for typical HNers (but admit every $ counts for many people esp. with current inflation, poverty, bad governance) but sounds like on par with a dentist doing anything beyond a checkup.

[lisbbb]

A colleague of mine was a vegan, took care of himself, still died of pancreatic cancer. It is what it is.

[evantbyrne]

90 day supply of Atorvastatin costs $10. Running costs a pair of shoes.

[camel_gopher]

You have to be able to get the prescription. HMOs (Kaiser specifically) will generally not provide any sort of preventative care in this area unless your numbers are very high. You can’t get access to a cardiologist unless you’ve already had an adverse event.

If you can get time off work and have a PPO, you can get the preventative care.

[adi4213]

You should try www.betterbrain.com/insurance! It covers this set of bloodwork and 92% of covered patients pay $0