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Impact - November 2008
Submitted on 11.30.2008
PRI Ideas in Action - November 2008
Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report
California’s Newest Chronic Disease: “Preventionitis”
Submitted by John R. Graham on 11.19.2008
A major driver of health costs over the last couple of decades is chronic illness such as diabetes and heart disease. It's time to add another chronic ailment to the list: "preventionitis." Because much chronic disease is associated with bad lifestyle choices, many succumb to the utopian delusion that investment in "prevention" – eating better, exercising more, and so on – will cut society's health bill.
Election 2008: An Unhealthy Outcome
Submitted by John R. Graham on 11.12.2008
The federal outcome of the 2008 election bodes ill for Americans’ ability to regain control of their health care dollars. Before the election, PRI compared the candidates’ health plans and concluded that Senator McCain’s proposal was generally superior. Senator Obama’s plan was ambitious and weakly defined, but with strong Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, his administration’s health reforms will quickly take legislative shape.
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