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The cost of ill health
Acne - £100,000
Statistics obtained under the Freedom of Information laws has uncovered that £7.5 billion of taxpayers public money goes on paying those who are too ill to work but this has sparked recent criticism over what constitutes being "ill".
£100,000 was willingly dished out to those who thought that their acne was bad enough to stop them from being able to work. This is the same amount of money spent on workers who can not turn up to work due to herpes.
What are the other illnesses and their cost to society?
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