How a Healthier Lifestyle Will Reduce the Deficit

Want to control the deficit? Control healthcare costs

Our nation faces two grave challenges: the federal deficit and the rising cost of healthcare. I would like to suggest that both of these challenges can be addressed by a single transformation. I truly believe that if we can get our nation healthy, we can save a lot of money and a lot of lives.

by Delos M. Cosgrove, MD.  CEO & President, Cleveland Clinic. 

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