[Vision2020] Say What?

[Dave]

Fat cats cashing in on our fears.

Dave


Joe Campbell wrote:
> I heard a statistic yesterday that we pay 95% of healthcare costs in 
> the last two years of our lives.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jul 27, 2009, at 11:08 PM, Ron Force <rforce2003 at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:rforce2003 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
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>> 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 
>> national 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 Medicare 
>> and Medicaid, spending rates on the chronically ill are even higher: 
>> 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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