STATE OF NORTH AMERICAN
HEALTHCARE
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America does
not have a healthcare system - we have a sickcare system!
The Human Cost:
- Thousands die every year from prescription drug reactions or hospital mistakes
- Millions were hospitalized due to prescription drug reactions
- 2 out of 3 Americans are overweight or obese
- Diabetes is up by 49%
- The average prescription drug is 30-50% effective and they all have side effects
- 1 in 13 children have childhood asthma and it accounts for 50% of all emergency room visits
- There are up to 130 million Americans who suffer from some sort of chronic condition or who take medications daily
- Cancer, Heart Attacks and Stroke are the top 3 causes of "natural" death - mostly attributed to lifestyle choices or stress
- The average doctor has one class on simple nutrition in medical school and are taught to fix problems - not to prevent them
- Only 15% of medical schools have classes on chronic pain management
- The answer is almost always another drug ... or another procedure...
Economic Cost:
- US healthcare costs are now approaching $2 trillion and doubling every 5 years
- Wellness is a $1 trillion dollar growth industry. That is 30 times the size of Microsoft plus Boeing.
- Many are paying very high co-payments and it is rising higher and higher every year
- Many companies are passing on the huge increases in costs to employees - if they offer benefits at all!
- Medicare will be bankrupt by 2019
- There are over 43 million uninsured Americans and growing
- Medical costs were the number one cause of bankruptcy in the USA last year
- It is not a question of if, but when, the healthcare system as we know it collapses...
The Solution:
- The only way to cut costs and help people live better lives is through prevention!
- There is a 1 trillion dollar growth industry in wellness
- Ask 100 people what wellness is . . . they give you 100 answers.
- Wellness has been undefined, time consuming and confusing for most ... Until now!