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In addition to the positive effects that a healthier lifestyle brings
for individuals, there are public policy dividends as well. Physical activity,
nutrition, preventive screenings and healthy lifestyles all reduce demand
on the health-care system and help contain health-care costs while maintaining
quality care. The President's HealthierUS
initiative has identified four keys for a healthier America:
- Be physically active every day,
- Eat a nutritious diet,
- Get preventive screenings, and
- Make healthy choices.
OPM Director, Kay Coles James, has laid out the following guiding principles
that have shaped her perspective for good health-care policy.
- We aim to educate and support consumers who are capable of making wise health-care decisions.
- The relationship between the physician and patient should drive health-care
decisions.
- It is competition in the health-care market that promotes innovation
and produces better health-care options and higher quality care.
- It is up to patients to be involved and responsible.
OPM's HealthierFeds campaign is designed to meet this
vision for a responsive health-care.
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