The truth is that nobody and nothing will lower your health care costs. That’s the first startling revelation in a new HWI Commentary entitled Healthcare vs. Sickcare: It’s Time to Level-Set prepared by Michael Samuelson, President and CEO, The Health & Wellness Institute in Providence, Rhode Island

The other revelations Samuelson sets forth and discusses in detail include these:

• Death is not a curable disease.

• “Wellness” is an amorphous, dangerous, and distracting term.

• The primary areas of focus should be affordable health care for all, universal coverage, health promotion, disease prevention, employee productivity and more.

• Organizations measure success according to mission and margin, while individuals (your employees) measure success in terms of subjective well-being.

• There is no political will to change health care in a meaningful way.

• If “greed” is good, “sickness” is better.

• Pogo was right: We have met the enemy and he is us.

• Health care spend and focus needs to shift from disease management (survival and costly) to primary prevention (thrival and inexpensive)

Guaranteed to change your perspective or give you one. For a copy of the complete paper, email michael.samuelson@hwinstitute.com.

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