Prevention should play critical role in reforming health care

According to the Trust for America's Health (TFAH), an investment of $10 per person per year in proven community-based programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent smoking and other tobacco use could save the country more than $16 billion annually within five years. This is a return of $5.60 for every $1. Out of the $16 billion, Medicare could save more than $5 billion, Medicaid could save more than $1.9 billion, and private payers could save more than $9 billion.

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Preventive programs could save millions in U.S. health care costs, report finds

A new report from the not-for-profit health advocacy group Trust for America’s Health finds that an investment of $10 per person annually in community-based disease prevention programs to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, and prevent smoking could save the United States $16billion in medical costs annually within five years. The report, Prevention for a Healthier America, is based on a savings estimate model developed by researchers at the Urban Institute-a nonpartisan social and economic research organization-and a review of 84 evidence-based studies conducted by the New York Academy of Medicine.

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