If you could propose one idea to help improve health care delivery in the United States, what would it be?

Thumbnail: Tags: conversationsphrma conversationslarry hausnermyrl weinbergchris hansennancy brownContributors: 11621161115911631173Contributions: Read Larry Hausner's bio Despite the rapid development of innovative technologies in the health care field, we have yet to discover a panacea that will easily transform our health care system into one that provides high-quality and cost-effective care.  What we have discovered and come to agree on over the last decade is that our sick care system must be reconfigured to a health care system that emphasizes wellness and prevention.  For that reason, I offer that it benefits us to consider targeted interventions and programs that address some of our most pressing health care crises.  Consider the diabetes epidemic. Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes and another 79 million have prediabetes placing them at high risk of developing the disease. Last year, we spent $245 billion on diabetes; a 41 percent increase in spending in just five years. Every day, 238 Americans with diabetes undergo an amputation; 120 enter end-stage kidney disease programs; and 48 become blind – all due to the devastating effects of the disease. By 2050, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates one in three adults in our country – one in two among minority populations – will have diabetes if present trends continue. Diabetes is devastating our country, both in terms of its human and economic toll. We cannot allow...
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