Urban: Poor lifestyles and processed diets drive rising US healthcare costs
Tandice Urban · #AIS: The Lanby's Tandice Urban on solving healthcare's customer service problem · Jun 1, 2022 · at 16:05
Tandice Urban, co-founder of healthcare company The Lanby, speaks at the All-In Summit regarding why US life expectancy is falling despite record healthcare spending.
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“We're overspending on healthcare because we're spending on things that kill us, and then our healthcare gets very expensive, Because we have terrible, terrible lifestyles, and everyone is drinking way too much across all communities. Everybody is eating totally processed foods.”
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