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Preventing chronic disease starts with access to treatment

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The U.S. healthcare system faces high costs due to a focus on treating chronic disease complications rather than prioritizing preventative care.

America has a healthcare spending problem. But it's not that we spend too much, per se. Rather, we spend staggering sums of money treating the devastating complications of chronic diseases, instead of helping patients prevent those conditions in the first…

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