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Health, not health care

In his new book, “How Healing Works,” Dr. Wayne Jonas says we’re good enough at treating serious illness--after it’s happened. Now it’s time for a change.

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By Warren Olney • Mar 15, 2018 • 1 min read

In his new book, “How Healing Works,” Dr. Wayne Jonas says we’re good enough at treating serious illness--after it’s happened. Now it’s time for a change. We can cut costs by focusing on prevention, reducing the need for expensive medicines, high-cost technology and intrusive operations.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Devan Schwartz

    Producer

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    Wayne Jonas

    General practitioner. Executive director of Samueli Integrative Health Programs, and a researcher at the National Institutes of Health.

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