Comments on: When will wellness enter the health care debate? http://csbj.com/2009/08/14/when-will-wellness-enter-the-health-care-debate/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: C.J. Moore http://csbj.com/2009/08/14/when-will-wellness-enter-the-health-care-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-6573 C.J. Moore Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:01:39 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6804#comment-6573 It is a part of Kaiser Permanente’s vision….a huge part….We have always believed in a culture of wellness rather than illness. If you can prevent disease before it gets to the chronic stage or control it so that you are living the best possible life with a disease or better yet, live your life so that you don’t get that disease, then our expenses (and everyone else’s) to treat you to keep you as healthy as possible will go down. Wellness is not cheap, but the investment is well worth it. And each of us has to take responsibility for ourself and keep ourselves as healthy and fit as possible. As the boomers age, if we can keep those diseases of old age in check or well controlled, then folks won’t need as expensive medical care as they would if their heart disease had remained untreated or their diabetes undiagnosed. And, even better, our quality of life as we age will be better.

For Kaiser Permanente’s vision for reform, go to http://kpmmc.org/web/reform/. You can see that Community/Public Health and Prevention (i.e. wellness) reforms are the third leg of the stool that will make for a better and more healthy society.

]]> By: Dick Burns http://csbj.com/2009/08/14/when-will-wellness-enter-the-health-care-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-5324 Dick Burns Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:17:30 +0000 http://csbj.com/?p=6804#comment-5324 Obesity, especially in children, is a growing and pernicious health problem. The American Heart Association is to be commended for their efforts in trying to reduce the problem. But, it starts with parents. Children should be taught by example and their eating and exercise habits should be monitored by both parents and K-12 schools.

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