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Health Behavior And Health Education

Posted in Uncategorized | August 27th, 2011

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The question has been posed many times – should Medicare and Medicaid cover those health care requirements that could have been prevented by behavior modification? Clearly education plays a critical role – but we are far from where we need to be. Can Medicare and Medicaid handle the future effects of our growing waistlines?

NO!!! I work in a free clinic and it pisses me off that patients who smoke and have no desire to quit come to us so they can get their expensive inhalers for free. and FAT diabetics that are worse year after yr. Our Drs. get frustrated and quit the clinic! I WANT to in the worst way; but i’m the only M.D. left with 2 P.A.’s; the clinic would have to close No medicare can’t. being Fat causes diabetes which causes heart attacks, strokes, blindness, rotten feet (Yes, rotten feet many times with maggots in them; horrible foot ulcers that many times don’t heal), amputations, kidney failure; dialysis 3 times a week at a huge cost The only answer is HEALTH CARE RATIONING like in Canada. where at 60 or 65 yrs, they kick you off dialysis, and you die.