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akagusutoday at 8:20 PM1 replyview on HN

   > So why isn’t it treated like real medicine?
Because exercise is free, pills are not.

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ebiestertoday at 8:33 PM

More importantly - the cost of the medical assistance to help someone get out of the house and physically train is much more expensive than a drug.

If you want to prescribe exercise for someone with this level of depression, you need to prescribe someone to remove the barriers to exercise.