{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbuilding-better-health.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fbuilding-better-health-3-MwbKUGjC","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"How Do We Address the Rise of Chronic Diseases? | Building Better Health Episode 3","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/49590d6f-f59d-41b6-87a4-4cadeb9eb357/2947f319-3e67-434e-8b1f-d1b921691bab/bbhpodcastcover3000x3000.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Chronic disease among young Americans is at record levels. The U.S. healthcare system has historically operated as a reactive \"sick care\" model, from heavily favoring high-cost crisis interventions to undervaluing the proactive care that prevents illness in the first place. \n\nIn Episode 3 of Building Better Health, Host Terence Samuel is joined by guests Dr. Wyatt Decker, Chief Physician for Value-Based Care and Innovation at UnitedHealth Group, and Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Co-founder and CEO of Cityblock Health. Together, they discuss actionable solutions, from shifting to proactive care models to leveraging community health networks and reaching vulnerable populations early. \n\nTimestamps: \n0:00-1:06: Introduction \n1:07-5:51: Discussing Fixing the Healthcare System \n5:52-7:30: Working in Rural Health \n7:31-9:36: The Rise of Chronic Diseases \n9:37-11:45: How Preventative Care and Chronic Disease Connect \n11:46-14:39: Why Chronic Disease Remains a Problem in Our Healthcare System \n14:40- 17:32: How Do We Address Healthcare Delivery \n17:33-21:02: Is the Healthcare System Moving Fast Enough? \n21:03- 26:12: How We Can We Work to Change the Systems Level Issues? \n26:13- 28:36: Sharing Optimism in the Healthcare System \n28:37-32:53: Addressing Chronic Disease in Young People \n32:54-33:12: Conclusion "}