[Vision2020] Say What?

[Joe Campbell]

I heard a statistic yesterday that we pay 95% of healthcare costs in  
the last two years of our lives.

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On Jul 27, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately, chronic disease accounts for most health care spending:
>
> "What is surprising for many to learn is the degree to which the  
> rapid growth in chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease,  
> cancer and arthritis, and related conditions such as obesity, are  
> driving cost increases — and the implications this has for our natio 
> nal economy.
>
> Today, nearly half of Americans suffer from one or more chronic  
> diseases, and treatment of chronically ill Americans accounts for  
> more than 75 percent of our nation’s healthcare spending. In Medicar 
> e and Medicaid, spending rates on the chronically ill are even highe 
> r: 96 percent and 83 percent of total spending, respectively."
> http://thehill.com/op-eds/chronic-diseases-overlooked--as-healthcare-cost-burden-2009-03-30.html
>
> Ron Force
> Moscow, ID USA
>
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