The health of the average American worker is a problem, with 133 million (50 percent of ALL workers) individuals suffering from at least one chronic illness. The Center for Disease Control calls this a “health epidemic of unparallelled proportion,” as chronic diseases are responsible for seven out of every 10 deaths among Americans.
Heart disease, cancer, and stroke account for 50 percent of all deaths every year, according to the National Vital Statistics Reports.
Health care is at the center of our national spotlight. The issue continues to evolve, as we now must not only question who should be entitled to government subsidies, but what procedures will be covered and to what ends the sick will be provided with support.
In a perfect world, our government would be able to provide unlimited care to its entire population, but with over 30 million previously uninsured citizens soon to be given coverage, this could pose a significant difficulty.
Doctors’ jobs are going to get a lot harder, and will likely be less rewarding. Seeing that we are also trillions of dollars in debt, one also wonders where the money will come from to cover this exponential growth in demand for resources.
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Our number one priority should be treating the root of America’s health problems: our incorrigible diet of fat-laden, sodium drenched garbage and indolent refusal to exercise.
There is a proven correlation between our current obesity plague and many of these health problems.
Furthermore, with childhood diabetes on the rise, things are just going to keep getting worse. Our failure as a nation to proactively combat chronic illness is slowly killing us.
We need to wake up and smell the roses – by eating healthy and being physically active. That’s the only cure.