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:
- Stay active.
- Eat well.
- Regularly visit a doctor.
- Get recommended screenings and vaccinations.
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:
- Get early treatment.
- Get quality care.
- Manage their disease.
- Enjoy a healthier life.
Learn how a program in Asheville, NC, helped participants better manage their diabetes and decrease direct healthcare costs.
Innovation: Encourage investment in medical research. Innovation:
- Finds better treatments.
- Finds cures to prevent and lessen chronic diseases.
Learn how innovation has led to groundbreaking treatments and vaccines. And find out why medical advances hold tremendous potential for the challenge of Alzheimer’s disease.