“Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $22,463 this year, with workers on average paying $6,106 toward the cost of their coverage.”
“Real median household income was $70,784 in 2021, not statistically different from the 2020 estimate of $71,186.”
Fully 40% of median household income in the US is going for healthcare
Most of these costs are coming from chronic diseases. Advanced primary care teams focused on cardiometabolic disease can improve health and save money now. Teams focused on musculoskeletal issues can provide similar savings. Sublingual allergy treatments are less expensive and equally effective. The evidence supports combining these interventions in a single contract for self-insured employers to improve health and reduce costs.
Most developed countries have addressed this problem of poor outcomes at high cost much more effectively than the United States. All citizens there have healthcare coverage. The systems are based on more advanced primary care. They have adopted optimal medical therapy for cardiometabolic diseases. We spend nearly 20% of gross domestic product on healthcare. In Europe it is half that. In Singapore it is one fourth of that number. Imagine the impact on American families if healthcare consumed 10% of their potential income instead of 40%. Imagine the impact on government spending. The pieces are in place. We know what to do. We just need leaders with the courage to confront predatory capitalism and engage in patient-centered healthcare reform.
We now know that 96% of the prescription drugs and 99% of the FDA approved devices have no real reliable evidence to support the industry claims of “safety and effectiveness” at all! This is truly the dirtiest secrete of the medical kabuki dance theater!
We must establish a decentralized "zero trust", individually owned, monetized, and operated data network markets to allow honest, transparent, and high quality independent verification and validation of ALL drugs, new to old, procedures, new or old, and devices, new or old to ensure that we ONLY adopt those who can deliver the best possible outcomes for the lowest possible costs to eliminate fraud, abused, and wasteful harmful drugs, procedures, and devices. Only then, we all can be free!