The Health of Nations. Phillip J. Longman.
by Longman, Phillip J; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 49Family. Publisher: Washington Monthly, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Aged -- Health and hygiene | Exercise -- Health aspects | Health behavior | Life expectancy | Lifestyles | Medical care -- Cost of | Medical policy | Medicare | Mortality -- Statistics | Public healthDDC classification: 050 Summary: "For all the additional money we're throwing into medicine, Americans aren't getting much healthier. Maybe it's time to try a different approach. The biggest opportunities for improving the health of Americans--and restraining health-care costs--lie in keeping people healthy, rather than treating them once they become sick." (WASHINGTON MONTHLY) The author presents the theory that "instead of simply adding more benefits to a health-care system that is already financially unsustainable" it makes more sense for the government to "bribe people into taking better care of themselves. For instance, why not offer seniors who exercise bigger drug discounts than those who don't?"| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Health of Nations, April 2003; pp. 16-23.
"For all the additional money we're throwing into medicine, Americans aren't getting much healthier. Maybe it's time to try a different approach. The biggest opportunities for improving the health of Americans--and restraining health-care costs--lie in keeping people healthy, rather than treating them once they become sick." (WASHINGTON MONTHLY) The author presents the theory that "instead of simply adding more benefits to a health-care system that is already financially unsustainable" it makes more sense for the government to "bribe people into taking better care of themselves. For instance, why not offer seniors who exercise bigger drug discounts than those who don't?"
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