Breaking the Iron Triangle: Reducing Health-Care Costs in Corporate America
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (816 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0985635207 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 250 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is a book for: Executives searching for ways to control corporate medical costs Individuals struggling to understand the confusion in our health care system Social Entrepreneurs seeking to make a positive impact on American life Breaking the Iron Triangle asserts that we cannot change the cost structures of American health care until we shift fundamental assumptions about what it means to be healthy. We must shift the focus of health-care dollars from disease management to empowering individuals to be well. Breaking the Iron Triangle dispels the idea that health care can be delivered at a low cost and in a high quality manner that is accessible to all. Entrepreneurial investors must help us shift the focus of health-care dollars from disease management to empowering individuals to be well. This is the multi-trillion-dollar national conversation to be had. $1.2 trillion of our annual health-care expenditures can be avoided by common sense life practices. Human resource departments within our corporations must be enabled to become profit centers b
"Wonderful reminder" according to Austin Shopper. The book takes a very different look at how the current healthcare system works and how it got to where it is. As someone who works in the healthcare field, I see what the author talks about everyday, and it's too bad that many people have unconsciously stopped taking care of themse. "Excellent Book" according to Anna Kelly, MD. This book should be required reading for those who call themselves clinicians and healers. It awakens us to the biggest notion of health and compels us to take responsibility for our own wellbeing.
A nationally recognized thought leader, speaker, and advisor to policymakers and organizations on complementary medicine and wellness, Duggan has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, as well as spoken at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and TEDx events. An educator, acupuncturist, and healer for ov
This is a book for: Executives searching for ways to control corporate medical costs Individuals struggling to understand the confusion in our health care system Social Entrepreneurs seeking to make a positive impact on American life Breaking the Iron Triangle asserts that we cannot change the cost structures of American health care until we shift fundamental assumptions about what it means to be healthy. Preparing our nation for a wellness-based future requires two main activities: encouraging entrepreneurs to seek profit-based solutions by investing in wellness programs, and ending regulations that inhibit divers