Another Pitch For Wellness Clinics
A new study had determined that hundreds of millions could be saved in health care costs if clinics started including preventative and wellness care into their programs.
A nonprofit advocacy group called the Trust for America’s Health discovered that clinics that encouraged quitting smoking, proper eating, and exercise, proved to be a better investment than those that didn’t.
The results were better than expected because they showed savings immediately and not just 20 years down the line.
They suggest that if you make it easy for people to make better and healthier choices they will.
Diabetes is one disease that can involve many complications and can eventually lead to death. For a lot of type 2 diabetics, if they just get more exercise and good nutrition they can live a healthy life without insulin injections or other diabetes medication.
They say the focus needs to be on maintaining good health, and I agree with them.