| The American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine | | | | 10. Online Electronic Database on Aging |
| (A4M) published a wellness-oriented healthcare | | | | Intervention |
| plan that could save $3.7 trillion dollars and add 29 | | | | 11. The Leisure Class |
| years to your life. A technology-based fix to | | | | 12. The World Center for Anti-Aging Medicine |
| healthcare with the potential to: | | | | Increase the Human Lifespan...by 29 Years! |
| 1. Introduce a wellness-oriented model for | | | | A wellness-oriented model not only prevents |
| healthcare | | | | disease, but also optimizes our health and wellness |
| 2. Increase the lifespan of all Americans by 29+ | | | | by integrating traditional medicine with innovative |
| years | | | | anti-aging technologies. The wellness plan cuts cost |
| 3. Slash healthcare costs, saving $3.7 Trillion | | | | and saves money in two distinct ways: first, |
| Wellness-Oriented Healthcare Model | | | | people get sick less. Second, people do better |
| Healthcare that's centered around wellness, | | | | when they are sick (shorter hospital stays, for |
| instead of disease, is the only type of reform | | | | instance). |
| that makes sense. An ounce of prevention goes | | | | The 12 action steps are projected to extend the |
| along way towards cutting costs and saving | | | | healthy human lifespan by 29 years. For example, |
| money. For example, providing every American | | | | stem cell research and nanotechnology could add |
| with 1000 IU/day of vitamin D, at a cost of $1 | | | | an additional 4-12 healthy years to your life and |
| billion per year, could cut direct healthcare costs | | | | save $197 billion dollars. That's a huge return on |
| by $50 billion. | | | | the investment in a wellness healthcare reform |
| A wellness model of healthcare is a low cost, high | | | | plan. Current reform plans don't even come close. |
| yield reform plan according to the A4M. Endorsed | | | | Slash Healthcare Costs |
| by 35 professional medical organizations and | | | | Anti-aging strategies are an integral part of a |
| educational institutions, A4M's wellness plan was | | | | wellness-oriented healthcare reform plan. |
| developed by thousands of physicians, scientists, | | | | However, increasing longevity is not the only |
| and health practitioners from 110 nations. | | | | objective. We also need to improve each |
| It's a 12 point "...actionable healthcare plan providing | | | | individual's quality of life. A higher quality of health |
| practical solutions to reform and advance | | | | and wellness is a dramatic way to cut costs. |
| healthcare in the United States, while addressing | | | | Nutritional supplements (and insurance coverage), |
| the challenges of global aging." The wellness plan | | | | subsidized access to gyms, and hormone |
| includes the following 12 action steps to initiate | | | | restoration--three anti-aging strategies that we |
| over the next 3 years: | | | | can easily initiate and start slashing costs today. |
| 1. Biomarkers of Aging and Health Measurement | | | | Summary |
| 2. Free Biannual Comprehensive Metabolic Testing | | | | The elements of The Twelve-Point Plan will |
| 3. Aging Intervention Drugs | | | | significantly improve and extend the healthy |
| 4. Stem Cells, Nanotechnology, Genetic Engineering | | | | human lifespan. Each of the points of this Program |
| 5. Personalized Genetic Testing and Nutrigenomics | | | | will also deliver a profound net economic savings |
| 6. Free/Subsidized Access to Gym, Spa, | | | | via three major mechanisms: |
| Detoxification, and Physical Rehabilitation Facilities | | | | 1. Conservation of worker productivity |
| 7. 24/7 Telemedicine Consultation Access | | | | 2. Reduction of disability and hospitalization costs |
| 8. Point of Care (POC) Laboratory Testing | | | | 3. Reduction of the burden of costs associated |
| 9. Free Online Medical Education | | | | with chronic long-term medical conditions. |