Healthcare
costs are skyrocketing. Insurance
premiums continue to rise year after year, while insurance coverage for the
patient is decreasing. The healthcare
system cannot be sustained at the rate we are going. It is true that healthcare reform is
needed. This reform needs to be more
than just cutting costs and limiting care in the current medical system. We can’t continue treating diseases and
symptoms while ignoring the causes of these problems and expect any real reform
to take place. “Doing the same thing
over and over again expecting a different result“ is the definition of
insanity.
Health comes
from inside. We need to do everything we
can to ensure our bodies are working well from the inside out, not the other
way around. Chiropractors recognize this
and are poised to be the leaders of the reform that is truly needed. Statistics of patients who regularly utilize chiropractors as their primary care
physicians show it reduces the need for:
·
Hospitalization by 60.2%
·
Hospital days by 59%
·
Pharmaceutical usage by 85%
·
Outpatient surgeries and procedures by
62%
·
Overall global health care cost by 50%[i]
Numbers tell
a story and these numbers clearly show chiropractors can and should play a
major roll in reforming healthcare and controlling the astronomical costs in
the current healthcare system. Getting
adjusted regularly is a win-win.
You benefit
from better health and save money too!
[i] This
according to a clinical and cost utilization study conducted by an independent
physician association done over a 7 year period and that included doctors of
all licenses. J.M.P.T Vol 30, Issue 4, pages 263-269, by Dr. Richard Sarnat, M.D.
