Wellness

Have you ever considered, who owns your health?

If you don’t take ownership of your health, then you are leaving the rest of your life in the hands of the government, insurance company, doctors, genetics and luck.

The government, health insurance and the medical system have created a maze. The secret to surviving the health care maze and to save money is to get healthy and stay healthy. I am able to help you become the one who owns your health. That defines my role as a holistic practitioner of preventive medicine in this health care environment. We work together to develop a lifestyle that will enable you to become healthy and remain healthy throughout your life.

There was a time when many Americans received health insurance for their family that was paid in full by their employer. There was no deductible or co-pay. Those days are gone. Regardless of your political position on the matter, the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) has made getting sick an expensive proposition. This year families are having a serious discussion regarding health insurance. Should we pay high premiums for health insurance so that we will have a low deductible, when we get sick? Is it better to pay low premiums and worry about a high deductible, if we get sick? These questions have opened many an interesting debate. For some families, the cost of health insurance has tripled! While other families are finally able to get the health care that they desperately need. Regardless of what level of health insurance you carry, getting sick will be very expensive.

If you do get sick, add your monthly premium to the cost of co-pays for your primary physician and higher co-pays to specialists. Let’s not forget that deductible means that most of us will have to pay out of pocket for tests, MRIs and CT scans. ObamaCare may not make sense to many of us, but because of that law: becoming and staying healthy makes dollars and cents.

So let’s get healthy! America spent $8,508 per person for healthcare in 2013. Healthcare in America cost about 3.8 trillion dollars in 2013. (Forbes) America spent more than twice as much per person for healthcare when compared to relatively rich European countries such as France and Sweden. (OECD.org) Yet, Americans are not all that healthy as a group. Obviously, how much you spend on healthcare is secondary to the value that you receive for your money.

Most Americans need some help in creating a healthy lifestyle. Somehow the media has convinced us that only weird people care about their health. Cool people are risk takers who party all night every night. Would you rather hang with Felix Unger and Sheldon Cooper or Mick Jagger and Keith Richards?

Do you feel as good as you know you should?

The whole media marketing world seems focused on making sure that achieving good health is as easy as possible. There are so many claims about devices or products that are guaranteed to make us healthy. It is difficult to weed out the scams from those professionals who could help us achieve our goals.

Just buy my… and you will transform like these nice people who were paid to be in the infomercial. The bottom line is that there is no device, pill or product that can make you any healthier than you are right now. Only you can do what is necessary to gain and maintain your health. Yet somehow achieving good health is not a priority for most Americans. We are not yet ready to make a commitment to take ownership of our health. Then when we are ready to act, we don’t know where to turn for help in making meaningful changes to achieve our goal.

Do you need help realizing your goal of attaining and maintaining good health?

In this new era of healthcare in America, getting healthy and staying healthy suddenly has an outcome that most folks can appreciate in a meaningful way. You won’t have to worry about deductibles if you are healthy and don’t need to pay out of pocket for expensive tests. Your co-pay for the year is zero, if you don’t need to go to the doctor.

Learn what preventive benefits are available to you through your health insurance. Typically these benefits do not affect your deductible or require a co-pay. As you and your family stay healthy, you will find that you are happier. Also, more money stays in your pocket.

How can you take ownership of your health?

I can help you and your family to get healthy and to stay healthy. I work with you one on one. Investing in your health now pays immediate and long term financial benefits. PLUS+ You will look better and feel better than you can remember.