Crowd of wooden people figures, one with hospital symbol on it The question we should all be asking is, 'knowing that we are facing a health care tsunami, and understanding costs will skyrocket further – what are we doing with this moment?

Diabetes, mental health conditions and musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders are far and away health care's most prevalent problems. Each of these chronic diseases continues to grow catastrophically, generating vast populations of sick people who are less happy and less productive—and who require massively expensive treatments that employers and governments are anxious to contain. The growth of these chronic diseases has been on a steep and decades-long upward trend, and all of it was made worse during the pandemic. The situation demands a new approach.

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