Supplement Health Care Cost Savings Movement Faces Long Road
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A CRN-funded report says specific supplement regimens could save the health care system billions, but the path to creating and funding dietary supplement programs for disease prevention is fraught with obstacles, including additional costs, political controversy and reticence to change by firms and insurers, experts say.
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