The environment is a crucial factor in the health of each of us. If the environment is not healthy, there is no way we can truly call ourselves healthy. Persistent efforts and regulation over the last few decades have greatly reduced environmental pollution. Ib our rivers dont catch on fire anymore. Persistent efforts and regulation over the last few decades we dont have big, black plumes in most communities in america. We dont see slicks going down the great lakes. So people believe, because they dont see it, that, somehow, were in a better state now than we ever were before, and the truth is, that all weve done is cosmetic surgery. We have scraped off the surface and made that look pretty, but beneath it are the invisible chemicals that are getting into our food supply, our water supply and our air each and every day, and poisoning us. Not gross poisoning, but subtle poisoning, day after day after day. We are not exposed to individual toxicants in the environment. Were exposed to hun
The environment is a crucial factor in the health of each of us. If the environment is not healthy, there is no way we can truly call ourselves healthy. Persistent efforts and regulation over the last few decades have greatly reduced environmental pollution. Ib our rivers dont catch on fire anymore. Persistent efforts and regulation over the last few decades we dont have big, black plumes in most communities in america. We dont see slicks going down the great lakes. So people believe, because they dont see it, that, somehow, were in a better state now than we ever were before, and the truth is, that all weve done is cosmetic surgery. We have scraped off the surface and made that look pretty, but beneath it are the invisible chemicals that are getting into our food supply, our water supply and our air each and every day, and poisoning us. Not gross poisoning, but subtle poisoning, day after day after day. We are not exposed to individual toxicants in the environment. Were exposed to hun
Health is not a single state of being. It is a combination of factors which, over time, shape and mold the life of a human being. We have various definitions of health which certainly, in modern times, we think of as not just the absence of disease but. A positive health atus, you know a well being and ability to be active and productive in ones life. In its simplest form, being healthy is feeling that there are few physical or emotional impediments to your doing the kinds of things with your life that youd like to. Its not so much a biological state as it is a state of mind. There are many people who are suffering chronic illnesses who are supremely healthy because they are able to maintain their creativity, and their vivacity in the face of a condition that, to other people, just sends them for a loop. Being healthy is, healthy first with the mind, having a sense of balance in life. Also, i would say, health for me would be eating well, being able to exercise, and being able to be fu
Or a newcomer from a distant land, the complexity of the medical system in the United States is difficult to comprehend. Gerard anderson, Health Policy specialist, has a simple way to explain it. Gerard anderson i take them to a grocery store, and i show them all the different cereals, and say,e want toave oicen america. It doesnt seem to give us Better Health re, it doesnt seem to give us lower costs, but it does give us choice, and we value choice above everything. From a practical point of view, the first decision many consumers are confronted with is how to finance their health care. The choices are simply to pay for it themselves, or to enroll in a private or Public Health insurance plan. A lot is said about the marketplace of health care. Well, for half of people who are getting their health plan through an employer, their employer offers such a narrow range of plans that they the consumer feel that they are cut off from options they really would like to have. Many employers only
To a time traveler crossing the boundaries of centuries, or a newcomer from a distant land, the complexity of the medical system in the United States is difficult to comprehend. Gerard anderson, Health Policy specialist, has a simple way to explain it. Gerard anderson i take them to a grocery store, and i show them l the different cereals, and say,e want toave oicen america. Tta and i show them l ththinus. Rent cereals, it doesnt seem to give us Better Health ca, it doesnt seem to give us lower costs, but it does give us choice, and we value choice above everything. From a practical point of view, the first decision many consumers are confronted with is how to finance their health care. The choices are simply to pay for it themselves, or to enroll in a private or Public Health insurance plan. A lot is said about the marketplace of health care. Well, for half of people who are getting their health plan through an employer, their employer offers such a narrow range of plans that they the