Ahem. That sound you hear is me stepping onto my soap box. So listen up!!! (LOL!!)
I’m not one to comment on political issues much, nor will you find me expressing my personal opinions of such issues in this arena very often. However, the big news this week is the newly passed Health Care Reform bill. It may be the single biggest piece of legislation put into action in the past 50 years, and will seemingly affect almost every single American. I do believe everyone should be afforded some sort of minimal healthcare, and I don’t believe people should be denied coverage because of pre-existing conditions in most circumstances. But more important that either of those things, I believe people, ALL OF US, need to take…ready for this…PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY for their actions regarding their physical health and well being.
In case you didn’t know, 70% of our population is currently overweight or obese. The CDC reports in 2008 that 20% of the adult population smokes. Throw in the millions of people addicted to prescription drugs, illegal drugs, alcohol, etc., and you can see why there is a health care crisis. Companies lose billions of dollars a year due to employees missing time from work for health related issues. Premiums continue to rise every year, and the cost on society as a whole is astronomical!
Maybe, just maybe, if more people took a proactive approach to their health and made an attempt to live a healthy lifestyle, our great nation wouldn’t be in this predicament right now. Healthy people miss less work, are typically more productive, and have less insurance claims every year. I know there are things out of our control (environmental factors, heredity…), but we should at least take advantage of those things we DO have control over. Nothing we do will ever completely eradicate disease or rid us of health related complications that simply come from life itself, but it certainly could not hurt for all of us to live a healthier lifestyle on a daily basis.
I’ll step off my soap box now J
NO EXCUSES, JUST RESULTS!!!
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