Comments on: That’s one way to cut health care costs http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/thats-one-way-to-cut-health-care-costs.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: GingerBhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/01/thats-one-way-to-cut-health-care-costs.html#comment-82511 GingerB Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/01/thats-one-way-to-cut-health-care-costs.html#comment-82511 "Health Beat" hit on this topic awhile back. Empowering people to have the confidence to care for themselves is important, and may go a ways to explaining why the better educated have better health -- <br/><br/>I had great Pediatricians with my kids, and one of their big things was informing me, the parent, about my kid's condition(s). <br/><br/>When I knew what was worth a call or visit and what wasn't then I was better able to manage their health and our lives. Visits for things that a Dr. can't help or will go away by themselves are wasteful and expensive. <br/><br/>So I don't think this is a stupid idea. Heck, if half the country would get up, get on their bathroom scale and adjust their meals accordingly we'd probably be ahead. “Health Beat” hit on this topic awhile back. Empowering people to have the confidence to care for themselves is important, and may go a ways to explaining why the better educated have better health —

I had great Pediatricians with my kids, and one of their big things was informing me, the parent, about my kid’s condition(s).

When I knew what was worth a call or visit and what wasn’t then I was better able to manage their health and our lives. Visits for things that a Dr. can’t help or will go away by themselves are wasteful and expensive.

So I don’t think this is a stupid idea. Heck, if half the country would get up, get on their bathroom scale and adjust their meals accordingly we’d probably be ahead.

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