Two Drivers of Rising Healthcare Costs
Currently in the United States, two significant forces are driving up the cost of healthcare:
1. Lifestyle diseases. Data suggests that as much as 80 percent of all healthcare costs are based on the utilization of healthcare by individuals who are eating, smoking, or drugging their way to chronic disease. The overwhelming majority of cases of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and even cancer are driven by obesity and lifestyle choices.
2. A mission dedicated to diagnosis and treatment. The current focus is on economic rewards for treatment intervention, while concurrently ignoring doctors and caregivers ...
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