I mean.. I don't think anyone believes that insurance companies are in the business of saving lives or improving health. I think we all believe they are in the business of making money and everything else is secondary or tertiary. If we ACTUALLY cared about improving overall health, lifespans, outcomes in general, and saving money by proactive work, our entire healthcare system, from insurance to providers, would look radically different. We are a reactive society that wants to have our cake, eat it too, wash it down with a bunch of booze, skip exercising, sleep not enough, and then pop a pill each morning to make it all better. And our healthcare and insurance, and especially drug industry, is all about keeping this system in place. All we need to do to see how bad things are is look at the "free" public school breakfasts and lunches that are offered to our kids and just how unhealthy they are. We are literally training our kids from kindergarten age to be addicted to sugar and unhealthy fats, and then wondering later why we have an obesity epidemic. Instead of more outdoors time, more exercise and play time, more PE classes, we have less than ever. The Europeans have us whooped hands down in these areas. They see the issue. We know the issue is here as a country, but we continue to bury our heads in the sand and ignore the inconvenient truths in front of us. There is no greater threat to American security, IMO, than the looming health crisis.
I really have to think about what you said. I think you make many good points. I'm so torn. I try to be optimistic about these things... but I don't know anymore. I feel like on the whole people are mostly good. I'm really trying not to be too cynical.
I mean.. I don't think anyone believes that insurance companies are in the business of saving lives or improving health. I think we all believe they are in the business of making money and everything else is secondary or tertiary. If we ACTUALLY cared about improving overall health, lifespans, outcomes in general, and saving money by proactive work, our entire healthcare system, from insurance to providers, would look radically different. We are a reactive society that wants to have our cake, eat it too, wash it down with a bunch of booze, skip exercising, sleep not enough, and then pop a pill each morning to make it all better. And our healthcare and insurance, and especially drug industry, is all about keeping this system in place. All we need to do to see how bad things are is look at the "free" public school breakfasts and lunches that are offered to our kids and just how unhealthy they are. We are literally training our kids from kindergarten age to be addicted to sugar and unhealthy fats, and then wondering later why we have an obesity epidemic. Instead of more outdoors time, more exercise and play time, more PE classes, we have less than ever. The Europeans have us whooped hands down in these areas. They see the issue. We know the issue is here as a country, but we continue to bury our heads in the sand and ignore the inconvenient truths in front of us. There is no greater threat to American security, IMO, than the looming health crisis.
I really have to think about what you said. I think you make many good points. I'm so torn. I try to be optimistic about these things... but I don't know anymore. I feel like on the whole people are mostly good. I'm really trying not to be too cynical.
Thanks for this post! Added it to my todo list Monday from your last post. Great reminder for me to do it :)
Hoping you get a zero!
There is no money to be made in a healthy person 🥰
I'm trying not to be that cynical :)