Health Care in America

Health + Wellness Writer

July 11, 2020

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-60% of all Americans have at least 1 chronic illness.
-Almost 50% have at least 2 chronic illness.
-In 2015, 29 MILLION Americans had a type II diabetes diagnosis with another 86 MILLION diagnosed in a β€˜prediabetic’ state.
-Direct costs for chronic illnesses like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, stroke, arthritis, etc was more than $1 trillion in 2016. 

Why is that? In a nation that DOUBLES the expenditure of any other developed country, shouldn’t we have the best health outcomes on the planet?! Nope. We’re actually pretty far down that list. One study reported that the U.S. ranked last place among eleven countries for health outcomes (including equity and quality).

What’s more, our country had the highest rate of β€˜mortality amenable to health care’ [meaning more Americans die from poor care quality than any other country involved in this study.]

Despite the vastness of technological advancement, innovation, and progress – our society, our world, is getting increasingly sick each and every day. 

Here’s the positive - we can DO SOMETHING about this. Your body is capable of achieving wellness. With a little help, we can help restore what was misaligned.

The problem - most insurance plans do not pay for or help you truly prevent illness. In fact, the health care system is compensated for your illness β€” NOT your wellness. 

The other hard part - you can’t really feel prevention. Yes, you can feel good. But in the hustle of today’s busy world, rarely do people actually perceive when something initially goes wrong in their bodies. What’s worse, that misalignment can trigger a cascade of downstream problems β€” ending with (you guessed it) chronic disease.

THIS is our why. At Good Medicine, we seek to be the conduit for your healing + wellness β€” to find what’s not working and help restore your body to proper function.

You ARE capable of living your healthiest life. We are honored to help.

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Brandon Luce