Employer Healthcare Strategies

It's not uncommon for the American healthcare system to be referred to as "a broken system." (Think about it for a moment... If the system wasn't "broken," we wouldn't feel the need to reform and "fix" it.)

Though identifying a single cause for the problems isn't possible, a few core issues include an increasing number of unhealthy Americans, barriers to quality medical care, and a misaligned provider reimbursement system. These issues, along with many more, are creating an unsustainable healthcare delivery system, and something needs to be done about it.

It's no secret that Americans are an unhealthy lot. In addition to heart disease being the number one cause of death in the United States, a third of all adults and one-fifth of those aged 6-19 are clinically obese.

Can it get worse? You bet it can. Dr. Youfa Wang recently predicted that if current trends remain, 100% of the American population will be overweight or obese by 2048. This astounding prediction is based on science, mathematics, and the true reality of the health care epidemic that our nation is experiencing.