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Opinion>Opinions - Healthcare The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill America laughs to keep from crying. It was mentioned that 50 percent of all Americans have at least two chronic diseases, 75 percent have one, and chronic disease accounts for 90 percent of American healthcare costs. The typical conditions that we think of as chronic illnesses — heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes and tobacco-related problems — were rattled off.
- ▪Opinion>Opinions - Healthcare The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill America laughs to keep from crying.
- ▪It was mentioned that 50 percent of all Americans have at least two chronic diseases, 75 percent have one, and chronic disease accounts for 90 percent of American healthcare costs.
- ▪The typical conditions that we think of as chronic illnesses — heart disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes and tobacco-related problems — were rattled off.
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Opinion>Opinions - Healthcare The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill America laughs to keep from crying. That’s getting canceled. Comments: by Scott Rivkees, opinion contributor - 05/27/26 12:00 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Scott Rivkees, opinion contributor - 05/27/26 12:00 PM ET Comments: Link copied Stephen Colbert on the CBS series The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images) Last week, I was on a call with public health experts talking about chronic diseases. It was mentioned that 50 percent of all Americans have at least two chronic diseases, 75 percent have one, and chronic disease accounts for 90 percent of American healthcare costs.
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