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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-04-09 05:31 PM
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Obama White House Can Save $3.7 Trillion and Extend Lifespan 29+ Years
Predicts Revolutionary A4M Healthcare Plan

http://www.waaam.org/twelve_points_summary.php <---- more at link

A comprehensive program to reform and advance healthcare in the United States, The A4M Twelve-Point Actionable Healthcare Plan: A Blueprint for A Low Cost, High Yield Wellness Model of Healthcare by 2012 has garnered support from 35 professional medical organizations and educational institutions and was developed with invaluable input from the 24,000 physician, health practitioner, and scientist members of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net) who represent 110 nations worldwide.

When legislators on Capitol Hill return for the Fall Congress Session, they will continue to debate a $1.65 trillion, 10-year plan to overhaul the nation’s failing healthcare system. The majority of the plan focuses on how to pay for health insurance, rather than formulating a comprehensive plan of action for reform itself. The contributing editors, authors and endorsing organizations of The Twelve-Point Plan submit that the underlying philosophy of healthcare in this nation must be reformed in revolutionary new ways. In place of the disease-based approach that treats people after they exhibit signs of illness, we submit that it is time for the nation to adopt a wellness-oriented model to healthcare. Such a model stresses very early detection of illness and promotes disease prevention, yielding opportunities for the best prognoses and economical treatments. As reported by the Congressional Budget Office, up to one-third of this nation’s healthcare spending – more than $700 billion – does not improve Americans' health outcomes.
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sharesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-04-09 06:34 PM
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1. Conservatives view promotion of wellness as a euphemism for government control over lifestyle.
Americans want to use alcohol and tobacco, eat red meat, and shoot guns at each other.

Don't be a wet blanket.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-07-09 01:10 PM
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2. The problem is the antithesis
of the car seatbelt issue of the '50s' and 60's. Eventually the auto manufacturers figured out that dead people don't buy new cars.

The repubs have figured out that dead people don't vote. That gives them an advantage.
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