Are You Concerned About The Rising Cost Of Healthcare?
There is no shortage of division in our country today. Yet on at least one issue, most Americans can agree, we are facing a serious healthcare crisis.
Since 1960 our nation has been trying to rein in the costs of healthcare. Getting affordable, quality, healthcare Is still a major concern for most Americans. No matter what we have tried to do over the years, most recently the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nothing has worked to date.
Today the US spends twice the average per person on healthcare (over $15,000 annually), than any other industrialized nation in the world and yet we are the unhealthiest of them all. Overwhelming medical bills continue to be a leading cause of bankruptcy. Tens of millions of Americans are either uninsured or underinsured, leaving them vulnerable when they need healthcare the most.
At the same time, chronic diseases are affecting more people at younger ages than ever before. Diseases/conditions such as: heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity have been increasingly common. Six out of ten American adults live with at least one chronic disease and four out of ten have two or more. These chronic diseases/conditions alone account for roughly 75% of our nation’s total healthcare spending.
What makes this even more troubling is that many of these diseases/conditions are preventable. Research has consistently shown that about 70% of these can be avoided through early detection and healthier lifestyle choices.
The obvious conclusion is that the actual cause of our healthcare crisis is, the growing burden of too much disease. Solving this problem requires more than debating how to pay for care. It demands that we confront the root cause and take meaningful action to address it. This is exactly what this book sets out to do.
In Part One- “What Our Nation Needs To Do”, you will discover a bold, practical, plan for delivering affordable, quality, healthcare for all without increasing the nation’s debt, raising taxes, or cutting essential programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
Part Two - “What Each Of Us Needs To Do”, the focus shifts to the individual; outlining clear, actionable, steps we can all take to improve our health and play a role in ending this crisis once and for all.
