Nov. 5, 2009

Health Reform and Integrative Care

Dr. Jon LaPook Looks at Preventative Medicine’s Place in Health Care Reform

CBS) As health care reform heads into the next phase, Congress will miss the boat if it ends up perpetuating a system that reacts to illness rather than preventing it. Chronic diseases such as obesity, hypertension, and diabetes wreck our quality of life and cost a fortune. For obesity alone, according to The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the annual medical price tag in the United States is $147 billion. (more…)