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One of only two medical doctors in the United States Senate, Wyoming’s Senator John Barrasso says, “We need incentives to encourage people to live healthier lives. It’s the first step we should take to control the cost of care.”Barrasso:
“Real health care reform must be focused on the patient. The way to reduce costs and improve health is to create incentives for people to take responsibility for their own health.”
“…the best result of health care reform will not come from Washington. It will happen when government gives people around the country the freedom to control their choices and truly take charge of their own health.”
Read Senator Barrasso’s article here.
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Basically, these are people who eat too much, exercise too little, and smoke. They develop costly and often preventable conditions: high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and many types of cancers.
We need incentives to encourage people to live healthier lives. It's the first step we should take to control the cost of care." Senator Barasso
After 34 years in healthcare and a lifelong Democrat, I agree with Senator Barasso.
Final Health Reform Bill Should Make Prevention a Priority:
Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
Washington, D.C. - As Congress negotiates a final health care reform bill, lawmakers should seize this unprecedented opportunity to invest in proven measures that prevent costly diseases from occurring in the first place, which will improve health and reduce health care costs. These include measures to prevent and reduce tobacco use, which remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 400,000 people and costing the nation $96 billion in health care expenditures annually.
"For obese people, spending on hospital and outpatient care is 36% higher and medication costs are 77% higher than for people in a normal weight range, according to the study, which appears in Health Affairs, a health policy journal published in Bethesda, Md. For smokers, health-care service costs were 21% higher and drug costs were 28% higher than for nonsmokers."
"Arnold Schwarzenegger said Sunday that the bill President Barack Obama is pushing through Congress is "not health care reform." Schwarzenegger urged the president last week to rethink health care reform in a blistering speech."
I contacted Senator Nelson this evening to vote no on cloture. More discussion is needed.
As always, many thanks to Foster for continuing to engage all of us in considering these important issues.
Maureen Blum