Make America Healthy Again

How Bad Behavior and Big Government Caused a Trillion-Dollar Crisis

By: Nicole Saphier

Narrated by: Emily Durante

If Americans want to know why their health care is so costly and getting costlier, they need only look in the mirror.

Americans are notoriously unhealthy—we eat too much, drink too much, and sit too much. When roughly 80 percent of cardiovascular disease and 40 percent of all cancer cases could be prevented by simple lifestyle changes, it is time to take a deeper look at the problem and ask who is truly responsible. Consider that:

· After seventy years of innovation, heart disease and cancer remain the top two causes of death in the United States.

· In 1960, health care spending was 5 percent of America's GDP; today, it is 17.5 percent.

· The government spends over $1 trillion annually on health care.

· Nearly one in five American deaths is associated with poor diets.

· Simply reducing sodium intake by 1,200 mg per day could save up to $20 billion a year in medical costs.

In Make America Healthy Again, Nicole Saphier, a Memorial Sloan Kettering physician, nationally recognized patient advocate, and media personality, reveals how individual negligence and big government incompetence have destroyed America’s health care system. Combining historical events, economic trends, and essential lifestyle advice, with her unique perspective, she offers concrete solutions to address this epic problem.

We don’t need socialized medicine—we need to take better care of ourselves. By getting healthier and adopting preventative measures, Saphier believes, we can reduce the astronomical costs of treatment and improve overall care. The only way to lower medical costs for everyone is to stop incentivizing bad health decisions. Policies such as the Affordable Care Act and single-payer plans ignore something crucial to lowering the overall financial burden: personal responsibility. We can no longer expect doctors and the government to fix illnesses we have the power to prevent. Regardless of which health policy is adopted, our nation will flounder unless we take action. It is up to the American people to make America healthy again.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

Every American Need To Hear

This author explains the truth behind health, healthcare and health insurance that most consumers don't know.

Very informative, educational & sensible

Dr. Saphier knows her subject matter. This book is well researched, organized and presented and well worth your time and small investment in your future.

Inside she provides the current status of health in America, how we got here and many common sense and also well researched solutions for what ails us.

Get yours today. I am going outside for another walk now on day 402 in a row of at least a 5K a day.

Excellent Book. The Problems, The Facts & Data.

It's time to wake up, people and if this book doesn't do, then we are in deep trouble.
Facts and data describe the problems that we face and how we got to this point.
Great book. Well written and well researched.
The narrator is enjoyable, even at the 1.25x speed that I listen.

Myth's dispelled . . .

Dr. Saphier skillfully dispels the myth that by the waiving of a magic wand a doctor or pharmacist can cure the calamitous decisions made by over reaching Government and by those of us who refuse to accept personal responsibility for our own health and well being.

Very Informative

I appreciated the calm read around really important information. The tone of the reader allowed me to intake all the data provided around health, insurance, and policy in the health care industry. Our future generations need this education in our schools. If anything, listen to this book and pass the information along to your children and lead by example.