Chronic disease increasing cost

• Discuss the 90%of our country’s healthcare costs are related to chronic disease

https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/costs/index.htm

• Discuss the 2 of the top 3 diseases are strongly influenced by modifiable risk factors.
• https://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/about/prevent/index.htm

• Discuss symptom management if chronic disease not prevented or cured to reduce cost
• Patient education and health promotion

• And with healthcare costs driving this year’s election debate about the best way to change our healthcare system (socialized medicine / medicare for all / what’s it gonna cost the taxpayer? ),