TMHS 797: Why Drug Companies Are Controlling the US Healthcare System & Policies for Real Change – with Calley Means
The Model Health Show
Shawn Stevenson
4.8 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2024
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In the United States, our healthcare system is based on treatment, not prevention. And a large reason why is because the pharmaceutical companies have created incentives that profit off sickness, disease, and comorbidities. But what if our healthcare industry could promote true health? Today you’re going to learn about the steps that are necessary for real change in the US healthcare system.
Our guest today is Calley Means. Calley is a former consultant for food and pharmaceutical companies, the co-founder of TrueMed, and the co-author of the #1 bestselling book, Good Energy. Calley is passionate about changing our healthcare system, and today he’s sharing his incredible viewpoints on what we can do as a country to incite real change.
In this episode, you’re going to learn about how the American healthcare system works, including how government programs are hurting people (especially children!), how doctors are trained to focus on short-term solutions, and the major problems with the pharmaceutical industry. Plus, Calley is getting specific and sharing real world policies we can implement to transform the health of our country. This is a powerful conversation and Calley’s passion is contagious. Enjoy!
In this episode you’ll discover:
- What percentage of Americans have optimal cardiometabolic health.
- Why a siloed healthcare system is ineffective.
- The sad truth about the health of children and teens in the US.
- How all chronic diseases are connected to metabolic health.
- The most profitable innovation in American capitalism.
- Why the pandemic was a missed opportunity for better metabolic health.
- The critical role of empowerment in healthcare.
- How the US measures up against other countries in terms of health outcomes.
- What role economic incentives play in our healthcare system.
- The convoluted relationship between pharmaceutical companies and food research.
- Why chronic diseases are a powerful profit-maximizing engine.
- The sad truth about diabetes in children and young adults.
- What percentage of tv news spending comes from the pharmaceutical industry.
- The major problems with the SNAP program, and how we can repair it.
- What the USDA should do with sugar guidelines.
- Why focusing on specific issues can affect widespread change.
- How to use pretax dollars on real healthcare and root-cause solutions.
- The link between insulin resistance and polycystic ovarian syndrome.
- Why optimism is a key ingredient to changing our health.
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| 0:00.0 | You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson. |
| 0:04.0 | For more visit the model health show. |
| 0:07.0 | What is the true current state of health here in the United States right now? |
| 0:16.0 | Well, a new study that was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology |
| 0:20.0 | tracked the health of Americans for about 20 years starting in 1999 through 2018. |
| 0:27.0 | And this recently published study found that only 6.8% of Americans have optimal cardio metabolic health right now. |
| 0:38.3 | Only 6.8% of our citizens have optimal metabolic health. |
| 0:44.5 | Our state of health right now is so dysfunctional that we can hardly put it into words. |
| 0:49.6 | The question is, how did we get here? And another question is what are we going to do about it? |
| 0:55.1 | Who is standing up for us? Because there are many different systems and |
| 0:59.7 | structures that have allowed for this to take place that are actually profiting to the tune of |
| 1:05.8 | trillions of dollars. We're going to talk about this today. We're going to talk about |
| 1:09.0 | the science. We're going to talk about the facts surrounding this. How do we get to this place and who's standing up for us |
| 1:15.0 | against these entities? And I'm telling you right now that this episode is so |
| 1:18.8 | powerful because we're going to peel back the layers, we're going to peel the |
| 1:22.0 | onion, we're going to open the layers. We're going to peel the onion. We're going to open the curtains |
| 1:25.1 | and take a peek behind the scenes because you got somebody that has worked behind |
| 1:30.5 | the scenes. He's worked with the ops, all right? And he's lived to tell the |
| 1:35.2 | tale and as a matter of fact, his book, along with his co-author, Dr. Casey Means, |
| 1:40.9 | Kali means our special guest today. Their book is the number one book in America right now. |
| 1:46.3 | All right we're talking over Harry Potter. We're talking over Dr. Seuss, any book you can name. |
| 1:53.7 | If you're into this elacious romance novels, |
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