Archive for March, 2010

The Destruction of America

Monday, March 29th, 2010

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A.

‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.’
– Abraham Lincoln

Unless America and Americans force a drastic change in the country’s direction, the American dream is dead, and America’s place as the leader of the world is over. I find this intensely distressing and worrisome, and have hopes that the situation may yet be retrieved, but the time available is short. Americans have repeatedly overcome fearsome odds throughout their history to survive and thrive, but if there were ever a time when they needed true grit, self-sacrifice, and a willingness to cooperate with other Americans of different backgrounds, politics, and beliefs, it is now. (more…)

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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

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Health Care to 2035, Part II

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

This is the second of two parts on the future of health care over the next 25 years, which I developed from a series of different, but related, presentations I made to a wide assortment of organizations. The first part, which dealt with what such a system might be like, was published on March 5th. This part covers how we might get from here to there.

There are three principal issues that will drive health care over the next quarter century: an aging population; technology; and money. They are linked, but different. Let’s start with demographics. (more…)

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Health Care to the Year 2035

Friday, March 5th, 2010

by futurist Richard Worzel, C.F.A.

This is a collation of a number of presentations I’ve made in the last few months to groups involved in health care, pharmaceuticals, and even food processing. It encapsulates a lot of what I believe will happen in health care over the next 25 years. Because it’s over 6,000 words in length, I’ve cut it into two parts. This first part will deal with what health care is likely to look like in 25 years’ time. The final part will deal with how we might get there from here.

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To begin, I need to impart a sense of the dramatic changes that are going to occur in health care over the next quarter-century. Intellectually, we all know that there are going to be a lot of changes, and significant ones to boot. Emotionally, though, I really doubt if any of us believes, in our heart-of-hearts, just how dramatic these changes are going to be. (more…)

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