The author, in my opinion,does not do enough to talk about one of things that most Americans can control:nutrition & exercise. The author also fails to mention

The author, in my opinion,does not do enough to talk about one of things that most Americans can control:nutrition & exercise. The author also fails to mention that American medical system lives for treating rather than curing because treating makes the health industry makes more money. >Preventive Care Saves Money? Sorry, It’s Too Good to Be True Why is it that I can find this? >A new study from researchers at Indiana and Cornell Universities looked at the effects of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion on a specific group: low-income, non-elderly, non-disabled childless adults–folks who wouldn’t normally be eligible for coverage without the ACA. This group is now 17% more likely to have health insurance, 7% more likely to have a personal doctor, and 11% “less likely to report that cost was a barrier to their health care,” according to a statement from the Indiana University Newsroom. (https://www.fastcompany.com/3067684/one-big-lesson-from-obamacare-preventative-care-saves-lives-and-money https://www.fastcompany.com/3067684/one-big-lesson-from-obam...) Definition of Preventative Healthcare. >Preventive healthcare (alternately preventive medicine or prophylaxis) consists of measures taken for disease prevention, as opposed to disease treatment.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive_healthcare)[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive_healthcare)[1] I cannot speak of this for the EU, but in the U.S. does anyone pause and wonder why their is not more education on nutrition? Does that ultimately have a huge effect on what diseases we may get? > Over the past century, essential nutrient deficiencies have dramatically decreased, many infectious diseases have been conquered, and the majority of the U.S. population can now anticipate a long and productive life. > However, as infectious disease rates have dropped, the rates of noncommunicable diseases—specifically, chronic diet-related diseases—have risen, due in part to changes in lifestyle behaviors. > A history of poor eating and physical activity patterns have a cumulative effect and have contributed to significant nutrition- and physical activity-related health challenges that now face the U.S. population. > About half of all American adults—117 million individuals—have one or more preventable chronic diseases, many of which are related_ to poor quality eating patterns and physical inactivity_. (https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/introduction/nutrition-and-health-are-closely-related/)[2] https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/introdu... Other papers and articles that disagree with the author. (https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2008.0701)[Greater https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1377/hlthaff.2008.0... Use Of Preventive Services In U.S. Health Care Could Save Lives At Little Or No Cost Michael V. Maciosek1, Ashley B. Coffield2, Thomas J. Flottemesch3, ... See all authors AFFILIATIONS PUBLISHED:SEPTEMBER 2010Free Access] My point is that the answer is quite complicated and to state something as simple as the author does is, disingenuous.