I spend a lot of time contemplating what is wrong with our health system, and I neglected to look outside of technology and process for answers.
The largest contributor to why our system is so expensive is the deteriorating health of the average American, and I didn’t appreciate that this is not a matter of will-power.
Our government has created a paradigm where bad food is cheaper than good. Our government subsidizes the production of foods that kill our bodies while destroying nature and over-consume resources. Yet, our government’s answer to fixing healthcare isn’t fixing the food system but pouring billions of dollars into healthcare technology companies.
There hasn’t been any “CHANGE” in our government. They continue to subsidize companies that favor the rich while driving the average American into poorer health. Our government is now a heartless organism that perpetually fills the roles of leadership with those who maintain status quo or those who lose their idealism fighting the system.
I have no faith in government yet boundless belief in people.
If you have NETFLIX, take the time to watch a movie called FOOD, INC. It may change your perspective on Food and health
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