{"product_id":"why-our-health-matters-a-vision-of-medicine-that-can-transform-our-future","title":"Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIF YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE BEST HEALTH CARE IN THE WORLD, THINK AGAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmericans spend more per capita on health care than any other people in the world, yet we have the worst health outcomes among the developed nations:\u003cbr\u003eThe World Health Organization ranks us on a par with Serbia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExorbitant medical costs have become a leading cause of personal bankruptcy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe are the only developed country without a national system of health care.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe healthcare industry generates enormous profits: The profit margin of three of our largest insurance companies in 2006 ranged from 26 percent to 29 percent.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAmerica has a glut of specialists and a serious deficiency of generalists:\u003cbr\u003eInternists may make as much as $204,000, but a radiologist can earn as much as $911,000.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlthough new technology usually brings costs down, half of recent increases in the cost of health care are attributable to new technologies, including new drugs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWithout lifestyle strategies that promote health, chronic, degenerative disease will dramatically increase as baby boomers reach old age.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFew of the many pharmaceutical drugs on the market are actually safe and effective,\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSafe and effective alternatives to drugs do exist: We should look to them first for managing the most common health problems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe must change the education and training of all health professionals if we are going to solve the health-care crisis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur long-term goal must be to shift our health-care efforts from disease intervention to disease prevention and health promotion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Book in very good pre-loved condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book, Line, and Syncer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49039884026026,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/1443\/5754\/files\/matters.jpg?v=1786507979","url":"https:\/\/booklineandsyncer.com\/products\/why-our-health-matters-a-vision-of-medicine-that-can-transform-our-future","provider":"Book, Line, and Syncer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}