We have an incredible healthcare system. It's amazing. It's produced miracles. If we have an acute issue, absolutely, you want to be in America to get that fixed. But 90% of healthcare costs are now going to chronic diseases. Frankly, having practiced, seen thousands of patients worked in this system for almost a decade in clinical medicine, it's not the focus of what we as doctors are incentivized to spend our time on. (04:39–04:43)
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Asserts that a significant portion of healthcare costs is attributed to chronic diseases.
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