Author: Mic. the Vegan
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Trillions of dollars, millions of premature deaths, and no solution? A snapshot of the U.S. healthcare crisis and a single lifestyle change that can make healthcare manageable on an economic and personal level. Links and sources: https://www.patreon.com/micthevegan https://www.facebook.com/micthevegan https://www.instagram.com/micthevegan - @micthevegan Almost 10% of the population has diabetes: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/statistics/2014statisticsreport.html Nearly 1/5 of the population is disabled: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/cb12-134.html 68% of adults are overweight: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statistics/Pages/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx Nearly half as many ER visits per year as our population (136/300 million): http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm Medical care kills 225,000-284,000 people in the US each year: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=192908 Cost of angioplasty and bypass: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2015/03/28/cheat-sheet-expensive-medical-procedures/70442260/ Bankrate survey - 63% of Americans can't afford $500 expense: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/consumer-index/money-pulse-1215.aspx 2009 Study - 62% of bankruptcies medical: http://www.pnhp.org/new_bankruptcy_study/Bankruptcy-2009.pdf federal taxes average 20% of total income: http://time.com/money/3949337/taxes-how-much-americans-pay/ Health insurance averages 10% of income:http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150108/NEWS/301089964 Health expenses up to 25% of their income: http://www.webmd.com/health-insurance/20160115/study-some-marketplace-customers-spend-25-percent-of-income-on-health-expenses 86 cents of every dollar goes to treating people with chronic diseases: http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/overview/ Over half of the US has a chronic disease: http://www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/prevention-chronic-care/decision/mcc/mccchartbook.pdf In the long term, chronic diseases eat away 18% of one's income: http://www.sole-jole.org/14225.pdf US spends more than comparable countries: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2015/oct/us-health-care-from-a-global-perspective $1.1 Trillion in lost productivity from chronic diseases: http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/view/321 High blood pressure number one risk for death: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699411/pdf/nihms-461204.pdf CDC Blood pressure stats: http://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/facts.htm Vegans have 60-75% LESS incidence of high blood pressure: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073139/pdf/nutrients-06-02131.pdf http://www.veganhealth.org/articles/dxmarkers http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12372158 Reversing Cardiovascular disease study: http://dresselstyn.com/JFP_06307_Article1.pdf Type i and type 2 diabetes, cost us 245 billion a year: http://www.diabetes.org/advocacy/news-events/cost-of-diabetes.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/ "The risks reduction of diabetes...varied between...47% to 78% for vegans.": http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4073139/pdf/nutrients-06-02131.pdf Geico workplace vegan diet - 6lb weightloss: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701293/pdf/ejcn201392a.pdf Weight loss: 14 years of omnivores + strenuous exercise vs. walking vegans: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pros.10251/abstract Work place intervention "The vegan group reported a 40–46% decrease in health-related productivity impairments at work": http://tinyurl.com/jpwce67 Kaiser Permanente plant-based diet: https://hpjmh.com/2013/05/20/plant-based-for-all-patients-says-kaiser-permanente/