1. Chronic disease is the #1 cause of death and disability
2. 75% of US national health care spending goes to caring for people with chronic illness--yet we only have emergency rooms, where chronically ill people languish for hours, even die, waiting for their "emergency", especially if they are on Medicare or have been to that ER before
3. The doubling of obesity from 1987 to today accounts for 25% of the rise of health costs
4. Most chronic cases could be much better managed
5. 45% of all American have at least one chronic illness
6. The overall cost, including loss of employment, is about $1 trillion annually
7. Modest changes in unhealthy habits could prevent 40 million of these chronic cases
A collection of facts and information supporting my opinion that grassroots power is the only way to deconstruct the stranglehold of big money, media, and Congress that is ruining our country's basic values.
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