Getting What We Deserve: Health and Medical Care in AmericaOne of America's leading public health experts finds a host of ills in this country's health care system: • The United States spends nearly twice as much on health care as the rest of the developed world, yet has higher infant mortality rates and shorter longevity than most nations.• We have access to many different drugs that accomplish the same end at varying costs, and nearly all are cheaper abroad.• Our life span had doubled over the past century before we developed effective drugs to treat most diseases or even considered altering the human genome.• The benefits of almost all newly developed treatments are marginal, while their costs are high. In his blunt assessment of the state of public health in America, Alfred Sommer argues that human behavior has a stronger effect on wellness than almost any other factor. Despite exciting advances in genomic research and cutting-edge medicine, Sommer explains, most illness can be avoided or managed with simple, low-tech habits such as proper hand washing, regular exercise, a balanced diet, and not smoking. But, as he also shows, this is easier said than done. Sommer finds that our fascination with medical advances sometimes keeps us from taking responsibility for our individual well-being. Instead of focusing on prevention, we wait for medical science to cure us once we become sick. Humorous, sometimes acerbic, and always well informed, Sommer’s thought-provoking book will change the way you look at health care in America. |
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THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYsTEM The U.S. health care system is the subject of
multivolume tomes. It is too complex and has too many moving parts for it to be
described in any detail in a single chapter, much less to provide a prescription for
...
By 2007, the U.S. total surpassed $2 trillion (and 16 percent of our GDP). In
wealthy countries, health care spending is a “luxury,” almost always increasing
more quickly than overall GDP (or the typical “consumer price index”). This has
been ...
The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that the cost of employer-sponsored
health plans rose by nearly 80 percent over the past ... Most potently, perhaps,
rising health care costs are making U.S. businesses less competitive in the
globalized ...
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DISEASE is THE Sum or ALL EvLs | 10 |
Sometimes Destiny Sometimes Not | 26 |
CHOOSING THE HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE | 55 |
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