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What Could We Do If We Weren’t Paying So Much On Healthcare?

What Could We Do If We Weren’t Paying So Much On Healthcare?

FromThe Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.


What Could We Do If We Weren’t Paying So Much On Healthcare?

FromThe Doctor's Farmacy with Mark Hyman, M.D.

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Mar 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

It has been estimated that over the next 35 years, it's going to cost our society $95 trillion to address chronic disease. And not only is this affecting us economically, but our overall quality of life is decreasing. Imagine what we could do If we didn't have to spend as much money as we are currently spending on chronic disease. We would have enough money for other important things such as providing free education and healthcare. We could bring people up out of poverty, end social injustice, restore the environment, and help fund the reversal of climate change. By addressing the overall dysfunctions in the food system, we can solve these problems. The solutions exist and they will call on a lot of us to fix it—multiple sectors and stakeholders from citizens and consumers to businesses and farmers, to policymakers in every level of government, including city and state to nonprofits, philanthropists, scientists. By coming together we can transform the food system. Dr. Hyman speaks to all this and more in this mini-episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy. He also outlines the problems and the solutions in his new book, Food Fix. foodfixbook.com For information regarding your data privacy, visit Acast.com/privacy
Released:
Mar 9, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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We are seeing an ever-increasing burden of chronic disease, primarily driven by our food and food system. This is perpetuated by agricultural, food and health care policies that don’t support health. We need to rethink disease and reimagine a food system and a health care system the protects health, unburdens the economy from the weight of obesity and chronic disease, protects the environment, helps reverse climate change and creates a nation of healthy children and citizens. This podcast is a place for deep conversations about the critical issues of our time in the space of health, wellness, food and politics. New episodes are released every Wednesday morning. I hope you'll join me. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.