๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ
Why is our perceived value of reactive healthcare higher than proactive despite the fact that spending money on proactive healthcare can actually ๐๐๐๐ you money in the long run?โฃ
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The answer? ๐๐๐ข๐ง.โฃ
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We typically donโt act on something until weโre forced to by mother nature.โฃ
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Here are a few examples:โฃ
๐ You hesitate to pay more money for high quality food, but instead end up paying for diabetic, cholesterol, and blood pressure meds.โฃ
๐ You hesitate to hire a personal trainer, but instead pay more in healthcare premiums.โฃ
๐ You hesitate to see a chiropractor or massage therapist, but end up paying for physical therapy after an injury.โฃ
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In each of these examples, the proactive measures could have prevented the reactive costs. โฃ
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๐ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ = ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ดโฃ
๐ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ/๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐จ๐บ๐ฎ = ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ๐ดโฃ
๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด = ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ.โฃ
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The fact of the matter is, our society has allowed it to be more socially acceptable/normal to pay a lot of money to fix problems once they arise instead of paying money to invest in our health ahead of time. โฃ
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Think of it this wayโฆโฃ
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We take preventative measures with our vehicles (getting routine oil changes or getting new tires)... why do we not do the same for our one and only body?
