“We’ve progressively built a disease system,” Dr. Robert Redfield, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a recent panel discussion in Washington, D.C. “We need to flip the switch and have it a health system so that we pay for wellness.”
America is confronting a growing health crisis. Chronic diseases affect more than half the population, and public trust in health institutions is low. Rising health care costs and system inefficiencies have compounded the challenges for families.
