Checklist Health Can your health be reduced to a bunch of numbers? American medical care is about to test that idea. Beware the results. Checklists – and the checked off numbers – do not a healthy population make. Why Are Checklists Taking Over? People love numbers. They like to count things. Medical care costs enormous […]
Dr. Medicine Explains Health Care For You (8/30/12)
Meet Dr. Medicine Today marks our first interview with general internist Dr. Medicine, America’s true health care representative – TV interviewer Lolly Partridge: Thanks so much for coming to Superior TV! We’re so, so happy to have the famous Dr. Medicine. Dr. Medicine: Thanks, Lolly. Traffic was murderous, and this show does keep me from […]
Your Real Wealth is Your Health (7/30/12)
Personal and National Wealth What does it mean to be wealthy? Is it money and liquid assets – bank accounts, stock portfolios, homes and boats and jets? Or maybe that idea is wrong. Real wealth may first arise from health – a true sense of well-being. And could it be that health directly increases your […]
How to regenerate America’s health (6/1/12)
The Regenerative Model of Health Health care in America is a tragedy. A system that spends 18% of its national output only to rank 50th in global lifespan is unsustainable and unacceptable. So how did we fall into this mess? One reason is in the very way we view health. Fortunately, we can change that. […]
Should we pay for prevention? Making health the goal of health care (5/24/12)
Making Health the Goal of Health Care How much do practitioners get paid to prevent illness and regenerate people’s health? Most of the time – zero. How much do doctors get paid to treat long standing, chronic illness? Depending on health insurance – which prefers some illnesses to others – the sky’s the limit. Why […]