Here are some quick facts about the state of healthcare here in the United States. What do you think about them? Do you think we could do better?

• 70% of Americans are on at least 1 prescription medicine (Mayo Clinic)
• Over half are on at least 2 prescription meds (Mayo Clinic)
• People who are between the ages of 50-64 fill an average of 13 prescriptions per year (Center on Aging Society)
• People who are between the ages of 65-79 fill an average of 20 prescriptions per year (Center on Aging Society)
• The use of prescription grade pain medications have been steadily rising for the past 10 years (Mayo Clinic)
• United States, Canada, and Western Europe account for 95% of the world's prescription opioid usage (Johns Hopkins University)
• Roughly 64,000 deaths due to opioid overdose in 2016. This has become the number one cause of death in Americans under the age of 50 (New York Times)
• 78% of Americans prefer to try other ways to address their physical pain before they take pain medication prescribed by a doctor (Chiropractic Economics)
• 27 Million Americans are without any kind of health insurance coverage.
• Loss in productivity due to pain costs the American people almost $300 Billion annually (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
• People under active chiropractic care save 85% on pharmaceutical costs annually (Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapy)