Healthy People in a Healthy Economy: A Blueprint for Action in Massachusetts is the second report researched and written by the New England Healthcare Institute for the Boston Foundation. The previous report, published in the spring of 2007 and titled The Boston Paradox: Lots of Health Care, Not Enough Health , was the first-ever overview of health and health care in Boston. With stunning statistics, The Boston Paradox drew our attention to a growing crisis of preventable chronic disease that not only threatens the physical health of Greater Boston‘s residents but—as health care costs rise—is crowding out investment in other crucial priorities. That report made the case that if we don‘t reverse these trends, Greater Boston will become not only less healthy, but less competitive in the 21st century global economy. The Boston Foundation and our partners at NEHI believe that the time has come to launch a comprehensive effort to address the rise in health care costs and the rising tide of preventable chronic disease through a campaign to improve overall health and fitness, building on the initial success of the Commonwealth‘s Mass in Motion campaign. This Blueprint prescribes a number of reforms to address these issues.
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