Just found a link to one

Deadman — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:52:00 +0000

In reply to Health care cost crisis - how about some comparison shopping?

Just found a link to one progressive organization with some interesting ideas on how to contain costs and increase efficiencies in the health care industry - and it appears I am wrong - chronic diseases like the Alzheimer's Orlando's mother suffered from do make up the lion's share of the costs (although clearly Alzheimer's does not - yet - fall into the category of a prventable disease).

And what's clear is that any comprehensive discussion of reforming our health care system must include Medicaid and Medicare reform.

How to Cut Costs? Efficiency and Prevention

6: Factor by which administrative costs of the U.S. health care system are higher on a per-person basis than costs in comparable nations.

$100 billion: System-wide savings that could result every year from harnessing information technology like personal electronic health records and electronic prescribing.

$65 billion to $130 billion: Estimated economic value the United States could gain in better health outcomes if all Americans had health coverage.

75: Percentage of health care costs that result from chronic diseases, many of which are preventable or can be treated before people are very sick.

1-3: Percentage of our health dollars spent on prevention.

$1 billion: Annual amount that could be saved by providing flu vaccines to all elderly Americans.

$1 trillion: Amount that could be saved in Medicare spending over 25 years if our national obesity level returned to 1980s obesity rates.

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Just found a link to one