NATIONAL BESTSELLER!
If Americans want to know why their health care is so costly and
getting costlier, they need only look in the mirror.
Americans are notoriously unhealthy--we eat too much, drink too much,
and sit too much. When roughly 80 percent of cardiovascular disease and
40 percent of all cancer cases could be prevented by simple lifestyle
changes, it is time to take a deeper look at the problem and ask who is
truly responsible. Consider that:
- After seventy years of innovation, heart disease and cancer remain
the top two causes of death in the United States.
- In 1960, health care spending was 5 percent of America's GDP; today,
it is 17.5 percent.
- The government spends over $1 trillion annually on health care.
- Nearly one in five American deaths is associated with poor diets.
- Simply reducing sodium intake by 1,200 mg per day could save up to
$20 billion a year in medical costs.
In Make America Healthy Again, Nicole Saphier, a Memorial Sloan
Kettering physician, nationally recognized patient advocate, and media
personality, reveals how individual negligence and big government
incompetence have destroyed America's health care system. Combining
historical events, economic trends, and essential lifestyle advice, with
her unique perspective, she offers concrete solutions to address this
epic problem.
We don't need socialized medicine--we need to take better care of
ourselves. By getting healthier and adopting preventative measures,
Saphier believes, we can reduce the astronomical costs of treatment and
improve overall care. The only way to lower medical costs for everyone
is to stop incentivizing bad health decisions. Policies such as the
Affordable Care Act and single-payer plans ignore something crucial to
lowering the overall financial burden: personal responsibility. We can
no longer expect doctors and the government to fix illnesses we have the
power to prevent. Regardless of which health policy is adopted, our
nation will flounder unless we take action. It is up to the American
people to make America healthy again.
