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Jonathan Lever

Prevention: The Answer To Curbing Chronically High Health Care Costs (Guest Opinion)

By Kenneth Thorpe, Ph.D., and Jonathan Lever May 24, 2011 KFF Health News Original

Kenneth Thorpe and Jonathan Lever write that Congress should be working to reduce health care costs by reducing the rates of the chronic diseases. Their message: It takes investment in the ounce of prevention to realize the pound of cure.

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