Calling it "health" insurance presumes health is the priority. In reality, it would be more accurate to call it "sick" insurance as the system requires you to be "sick" before you can use it. It is imperative to understand our health insurance system measures success in terms of profit, not measurements of health. Therefore, there is no incentive for the system to promote health or wellness. It is time to stop relying on a for-profit private insurance company to determine what we can do for our health. Health insurance is important to help insure us against a catastrophic illness or accident, but you and only you can insure your own health.
Statistically, the US is number one in emergency medicine but we are 78th in wellness care. We can do better. Health is not a mystery. We know how to achieve it. But, until our system is set up to have health as a measurement of success, it is ultimately up to us to take responsibility for our health through diet, exercise, chiropractic care, nutritional supplements, and other holistic based modalities that nurture our body, mind, and spirit. We will likely not see improvements to insurance coverage for health improving activities, it is up to you to invest in the most important asset you have.
