Kenneth Thorpe, Ph.D., is the executive director of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease. Jonathan Lever is the vice president for health strategy and innovation at the YMCA of the USA.
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.
May 24, 2011
