Budgeting for Health There is no magic bullet, no miracle drug, no life-enhancing vitamin, no surgery or ‘as seen on tv’ before and after diet plan or exercise equipment that will make you healthy! Get over it and take personal responsibility for your health. Regaining and then maintaining health requires a commitment of your time,...
The Onion does it again! This is a great parody of BigPharma’s incessant disease mongering (the creation and selling of sickness). (Note: if you are sensitive to foul language or swearing, or if at work or with your children, you may want to skip this blog entry. Otherwise, get ready to laugh!)
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Health Economics Part 2 YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO BE $ICK! Medical problems contribute to half of all bankruptcies in the US. “Every 30 seconds in the United States, someone files for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious health problem. Each year, 2 million Americans face the double disaster of illness and bankruptcy”...
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Health Economics 1 We live in difficult economic times. Sadly, one of the first things to be eliminated from both government and personal budgets are expenses related to health maintenance and promotion. Then, as we become more depressed, we exercise less, eat even worse and become sicker still. As Frank Rich wrote in the NYTimes:...
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