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Authors discuss more sustainable healthcare system that prioritizes disease prevention
Thursday, 09 June 2011 06:39

Authors discuss more sustainable healthcare system that prioritizes disease preventionA recent article published in the journal New Republic explores the idea of radically reinventing the American medical system in terms of establishing new ways of thinking with regard to living, aging and dying. The editorial, which was written by Daniel Callahan and Sherwin Nuland, looked into the use of a sustainable and potentially more humane model in order to emphasize public health and improve care for those turning 65 or older.

The authors wrote that such a system would aim to bring the average life expectancy up to 80 years, but prioritize medical treatment for those 79 and under. They suggested that preventing chronic diseases before they begin may result in long-term cost savings and enable Americans receiving this high-quality care to stay healthy.

"The real problem is that we have medicine excessively driven by progress, which aims to rid us of death and disease and treats them as the targets of unlimited medical warfare," the authors wrote.

They explained that cancer, heart disease, stroke and Alzheimer's disease are Americans' fate for the forseeable future. However, they said that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act may relieve the financial burden of the current healthcare system, although it won't eliminate it.
 

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