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The right environment; If we want Americans to be healthier, we have to make good choices easier.

Publication: Modern Healthcare
Publication Date: 13-APR-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Neil Mclaughlin

There's a theme that runs through a lot of healthcare commentary that goes like this: Americans are fat, lazy, dissipated slobs and that's why they're so sick.

As we have previously noted on this page, it's a favorite excuse for some providers and insurers. Providers argue that they can't make their patients well because the patients are gluttonous sloths. Insurers contend they shouldn't have to pay for treatments to compensate for a lousy lifestyle.

Rarely do you hear these groups ponder how it came...

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