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Separation of church and state be damned: maybe the way to control health care costs is to encourage Americans to turn to God....   >>>

Separation of church and state be damned: maybe the way to control health care costs is to encourage Americans to turn to God.



After all, the nation’s most pious tend to lead healthier lives, according to new findings from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.



The index is based on a survey of 550,000 Americans that attempts to measure the components of “the good life.” One portion of the index asks people about their habits, like eating vegetables and exercising regularly. The survey found that even after controlling for other kinds of demographic and geographic variables, Americans who say that religion is an important part of daily life and that they attend religious services weekly also report having much healthier habits than people who self-identify as moderately religious or nonreligious.



Read more in the Economix blog of the New York Times about these baffling statistics.