Escape Fire Study Guide

Escape Fire Documentary Questions 1. What is an escape fire? Lighting a fire at your feet essentially spreading the fire around you preventing the rest of the fire from overtaking you! 2. How much did the US spend on Health Care in 2011? $2.7 trillion. . How much do Americans spend each year on pharmaceuticals? $300 billion. . What are the only two countries that allow advertising for prescription drugs? The US and New Zealand. . What is fee for service? Are most doctors fee for service in the US? Yes, they get paid for each office visit etc. . What percentage of health care is wasted? 30% . How many deaths were there last year due to misdiagnosis and mistreatment? 187,000 . What did the makers of Avandia, a fast tracked drug that became a best selling diabetes drug, do when they were told that it increased the risk of heart attack by 30%? Nothing. They didn't tell anyone. 9. What was the cost of the Avandia settlement in 2012? $3 billion. 10.What is the military adopting as a substitute for pain meds? Acupuncture techniques. 11.1s it possible to reverse heart disease? How? Yes, changing what we eat, how we exercise, how we manage stress & how much we love and are loved! 12.Who is Dr Dean Ornish? He id the doctor who studied how to reverse heart disease for 32 years by changing these things ~. 13.What happens to telomeres with stress? Your life gets shorter because stress makes telomeres shorter. 14. What did Safeway do to cut costs? They opened gyms and cafeterias that are put in place to better themselves instead of indulging and spending more money for the stuff that is bad for you. 15.What is different about the Cleveland Clinic? How are doctors paid? Founded by 4 physicians. Found that they worked better as a team and they decided they would pay themselves a salary and the money leftover would go back into growing the organization1