CSPAN2 Book TV May 27, 2013
the time. so it's nice to be here. so i'm going to talk briefly about the book itself over all and then read two passages and then hopefully we will have some good discussion in answer questions. so two questions i've been getting a lot lately are why this book, and why now. quite simply we can't afford to ignore chronic illness. an estimate of 133 million patients, as you desert, live with chronic illness. by 2025 that number is expected to reach 154 million. chronic illness is responsible for seven out of every 10 deaths, as well as three quarters of all health care spending. but i...