Originally Posted By: Cris


My Mum has worked in the NHS most of her life, and has always said prevention is better than cure. It would be interesting to see if an NHS like system was introduced in the US that how much the overall cost to the country would change. I think there would be an argument for saying the cost could reduce as illness would be picked up much quicker and be much cheaper to treat.



Many insurance companies here are pushing "wellness." They are offering 100% free checkup visits, weight loss programs and even in may cases free gym memberships.

Being a profit drive organization they see the light as well.