Bigham Buhler: Chronic disease continues to climb

"Well, if you look at it logically and chronic disease continues to climb and the cost of care in this country continues to climb. I said that in my Senate speech. You know, it's the second biggest budgetary concern to the United States at 24% of the U.S. budget."

"It's the number one reason for bankruptcy in this country for an individual. It's the top budgetary concern for most states. And what's happening is our patient, our population is getting more and more chronically ill, more and more obese. More and more metabolic disease cancer all of the chronic diseases the four horsemen that are killing mankind are at all-time highs with no end in sight and at the same time we have a diminishing amount of primary cares that are our frontline defense."

"To help these people and that's why I truly believe we have to get proactive and predictive There is hope but hope does not come in the form of a bottle. Hope comes in the form of understanding and having knowledge, taking action and moving forward. And I believe in giving patients and their clinicians the autonomy to drive their own healthcare and to help get proactive and preventative."

"But in this existing ecosystem, that's just not possible. And that's why I implore people to move to a cash pay model for preventative care, because it's really truly the only way you're going to get good care. I like to say, if you live the average American diet, and you see the average American primary care, you can expect to die of the average American chronic disease."