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Here is the bottom line...
Total national health expenditures are over $2.4 trillion and are expected to reach over $3.1 trillion by 2012! Total health care spending represented 17% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008!
Our health care system is a mess. And you're paying for it.
Experts agree that the health care system is riddled with inefficiencies, excessive administrative expenses, inflated prices, poor management, and inappropriate care, waste and fraud. These problems significantly increase the cost of medical care and health insurance for employers and workers.
What's worse, these problems seem to be out of your control. But, there IS something you can do.
Of the monsterous $2.4 trillion medical bill, 75% of it is associated with chronic disease and lifestyles.
The direct and indirect costs of diabetes alone are $174 billion a year. The estimated direct and indirect costs associated with smoking exceed $193 billion annually. Obesity is linked to every chronic disease out there. The statistics are staggering.
Even though chronic diseases are among the most common and costly health problems, they are also among the most preventable. That's right, they are preventable!
To help prevent chronic disease, employers need to have a wellness program in place that can help and guide them through the change in their current lifestyles and become healthier. Easier said than done, right?
These are some of the thoughts behind the creation of Life 2.0.
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