Health Care Costs
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2011-06-30/health-care-costs
Health care costs in this country are on an unsustainable trajectory: Years of percentage increases are crushing family, corporate and government budgets. Many elements included in last year’s Affordable Care Act are intended to reduce the rate of increase, but even if all goes according to plan, costs are likely to continue to rise. Health care experts join us to talk about some of the many factors driving costs ever upward such as our fee for service model, chronic disease management, and an overall lack of transparency. Join us to discuss health care costs ...and what needs to change.
Guests
Dr. John Wennberg
founding director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and author of "Tracking Medicine: A Researcher's Quest To Understand Health Care"
Daniel Callahan
senior research scholar and president emeritus, The Hasting Center and author of "Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System"
Karen Ignani
president and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans
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When listening to discussions about health care, one subject that is rarely discussed is prevention. As I'm writing this, the trite, but true statement popped into my head: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
If we concentrated on the prevention side, medical care costs would be slashed substantially.
I for one, hope to stay as far away from doctors, meds, and hospitals as long as humanly possible. Lifestyle is one of the keys to avoiding the health care maze.
Ken Leebow
http://www.LifewithoutLipitor.com