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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 244516" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Emory University professor of health Ken Thorpe's strategy focuses on <strong>preventive care</strong> and <strong>management of chronic diseases</strong>. I like his idea and the way it focuses on both education and the people that need the most help. This seems like such a simple way to cut costs that I'm surprised that insurance carriers aren't more proactive about preventive care and patient education.</p><p> </p><p>Although Thorpe was a consultant to Bill and Hilary Clinton during the health care fiasco in 93-94 his new strategy appeals to both parties because Republicans "don't want to go to price controls or government regulation, so they understand prevention is the only way to get from here to there," a way to lower costs and improve coverage.</p><p> </p><p>The following is taken from an op-ed piece written by David Brody in the Washington Post:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060102176.html" target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060102176.html</a></p><p> </p><p>It's essentially a flanking attack -- shifting the focus from the longtime arguments over financing mechanisms and coverage concerns to an assault on the real cost driver in the system: chronic diseases.</p><p> </p><p>Government records show that 75 percent of health-care costs and seven out of every 10 deaths are attributable to chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Obesity, which has doubled in 30 years, is by itself responsible for 30 percent of the increase in health-care costs during that period. In far too many cases, perhaps a majority, treatment of these diseases is intermittent and inconsistent. What is worse, little has been done to prevent them or arrest them in their early stages.</p><p> </p><p>"Once you put those numbers on it, the policy implications are pretty clear," Thorpe said in an interview. "You start with prevention and better management of obesity and high blood pressure -- not the contentious issues that have dominated the debate."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 244516, member: 1"] Emory University professor of health Ken Thorpe's strategy focuses on [B]preventive care[/B] and [B]management of chronic diseases[/B]. I like his idea and the way it focuses on both education and the people that need the most help. This seems like such a simple way to cut costs that I'm surprised that insurance carriers aren't more proactive about preventive care and patient education. Although Thorpe was a consultant to Bill and Hilary Clinton during the health care fiasco in 93-94 his new strategy appeals to both parties because Republicans "don't want to go to price controls or government regulation, so they understand prevention is the only way to get from here to there," a way to lower costs and improve coverage. The following is taken from an op-ed piece written by David Brody in the Washington Post: [URL]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/01/AR2007060102176.html[/URL] It's essentially a flanking attack -- shifting the focus from the longtime arguments over financing mechanisms and coverage concerns to an assault on the real cost driver in the system: chronic diseases. Government records show that 75 percent of health-care costs and seven out of every 10 deaths are attributable to chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Obesity, which has doubled in 30 years, is by itself responsible for 30 percent of the increase in health-care costs during that period. In far too many cases, perhaps a majority, treatment of these diseases is intermittent and inconsistent. What is worse, little has been done to prevent them or arrest them in their early stages. "Once you put those numbers on it, the policy implications are pretty clear," Thorpe said in an interview. "You start with prevention and better management of obesity and high blood pressure -- not the contentious issues that have dominated the debate." [/QUOTE]
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