Editorial: A Route To Better Health Care - washingtonpost.com

Editorial: A Route To Better Health Care - washingtonpost.com: "Government records show that 75 percent of health-care costs and seven out of every 10 deaths are attributable to chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Obesity, which has doubled in 30 years, is by itself responsible for 30 percent of the increase in health-care costs during that period."