{"id":1972,"date":"2013-01-04T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-04T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/how-to-walk-back-rising-healthcare-costs.html"},"modified":"2016-09-19T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T15:47:44","slug":"how-to-walk-back-rising-healthcare-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=1972","title":{"rendered":"How To Walk Back Rising Healthcare Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/walking-autumn2.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-opt-id=292011149  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/walking-autumn2.jpg?w=735&#038;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Politicians futz and fume over rising healthcare costs, honestly seeming like schoolyard children sometimes.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Short of putting them in &#8220;Time Out&#8221;, I have a suggestion that is super cost effective as well as being, well, just effective!&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Take STROKE as an example.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span> <span style=\"border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;\">Here&#8217;s The Economic Cost of Stroke Every Year<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"background-color: white; font-family: Arial;\">\n<li>$43 billion&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>The direct costs = $28 billion, indirect costs = $15 billion<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theuniversityhospital.com\/stroke\/stats.htm\" style=\"background-color: transparent;\">For All Stats, Click Here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"border: none; color: #333333; font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold;\">How To Reduce Those Treatment Costs<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 22px;\">Women who walked briskly for 210 minutes or more per week (that&#8217;s only 30 minutes per day for only 6 days per week!!) had a lower stroke risk than inactive women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 22px;\">This&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 22px;\">translated to <u><i>a whopping 43 percent reduction in stroke risk<\/i><\/u><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans; line-height: 22px;\">&nbsp;(article just pubbed in the American Heart Association journal, Stroke.&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/stroke.ahajournals.org\/content\/44\/1\/111\">F<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/stroke.ahajournals.org\/content\/44\/1\/111\">ull Article is here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Cost of the &#8220;prevention medicine&#8221;?&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Maybe $25 for a pair of shoes<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Cost savings?&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">42 Billion, 999 Million, 999 Thousand, 975 dollars<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><br \/><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This amounts to a 171.9 BILLION PERCENT return on investment (ROI). Investors hope, hope, hope for a consistent return of 10% or so. If you could produce a 171.9 billion percent return &#8230; every year &#8230; you would have a winning formula.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Maybe we should start with that. Just thinking out loud.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a fb:like:layout=\"button_count\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog-this.do?zx=3h18of2lsfxk\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog-this.do?zx=3h18of2lsfxk\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/blog-this.do?zx=3h18of2lsfxk\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button END --><a href=\"http:\/\/willclowerblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=610872383  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Articles\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/WillClowerOnTheCultureOfHealth.1.gif?w=735&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/willcloweraudio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=944492710  data-opt-src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/WillClowerAudicles.1.gif\"  class=\"optimole-lazy-only \"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Will Clower Audicles\" src=\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20100%%20100%%22%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%22100%%22%20height%3D%22100%%22%20fill%3D%22transparent%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E?w=735&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border: 0;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politicians futz and fume over rising healthcare costs, honestly seeming like schoolyard children sometimes.&nbsp;Short of putting them in &#8220;Time Out&#8221;, I have a suggestion that is super cost effective as &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[494],"tags":[512],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-health-care"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-vO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2199,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2199","url_meta":{"origin":1972,"position":0},"title":"Good News\/Bad News: Heart Disease Deaths WAY down","author":"Will Clower","date":"December 19, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"When it comes to your heart, we're really good at treatment ... but have a long way to go at prevention.\u00a0(please share this with anyone with a family history of heart disease)We have the best mechanics on Earth, who can unclog your pipes, tune up your valves, and keep your\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?cat=494"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TQoXHLwElXI\/AAAAAAAAC1k\/GHyOocxL5wM\/s320\/Heart.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2562,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2562","url_meta":{"origin":1972,"position":1},"title":"Healthcare Costs","author":"Will Clower","date":"June 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"There is an inflection point. 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