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Prevention is the Key to Solving Health Care Crisis;

Date:10/16/2008

Research Reports Prevention Provides Improved Productivity and Savings

DALLAS, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- There is another national crisis looming, one that requires further decisive action from Washington leaders, employers and consumers, according to Christopher Fey, CEO of U.S. Preventive Medicine, Inc. (http://www.USPreventiveMedicine.com), the leader in disease prevention services. This crisis revolves around health care, and he says it is influencing the nation's economic viability just as surely as the financial market crisis.

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"All the numbing statistics and heartbreaking human tragedy are right there in front of us to provide abundant evidence that the time to address this is now," said Fey. "The only way to 'bend the trend' in escalating health care costs is to implement primary, secondary and tertiary prevention at a fundamental level, from cradle to grave, in the home and in the workplace."

Since 2001, premiums for family coverage have increased 78 percent, while inflation has increased by 17 percent and wages have gone up only by 19 percent, according to the Kaiser Survey of Employer Health Benefits.

"What we have now are fragmented wellness and disease management programs reaching a small segment of the population that don't truly engage individuals or integrate with how they live their lives," Fey said. "Those who have health insurance get a new carrier on average every two and half years and there are few cohesive preventive efforts to focus on the quality and effectiveness of care. Instead, the focus is on treating existing illness."

Fey said employer case studies and published research demonstrate that integrated prevention efforts can lower health risks and related costs and improve productivi
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