
The financial costs associated with chronic diseases are high and rising. But many diseases including heart disease, lung diseases, and some cancers can be prevented. The Triple Solution for a Healthier America advocates a 3-part approach to improve health and lower costs:
Prevention: Empower Americans to prevent chronic diseases by making healthy choices:
Learn how healthy choices like exercise and quitting smoking can play a big role to prevent chronic diseases and their complications.
Intervention: Help Americans with chronic diseases:
Learn how a program in Asheville, NC, helped participants better manage their diabetes and decrease direct healthcare costs.
Innovation: Encourage public and private investment in medical research that will result in better treatment to prevent and lessen the toll of chronic diseases.
Learn how innovation can save lives, reduce costs, and help the economy.