Vision

For most people, the term "health care" means "doctor", "hospital", "surgery", "drugs", and "health insurance." By this definition, America spends more on health care than any country in the world.

So why is America's population so unhealthy? Why do we face a diabetes epidemic, an obesity epidemic, a mental illness epidemic, and a hip fracture "epidemic?" Why does the United States, the richest country in the world, have the 32nd lowest infant mortality rate in the world, and the 45th highest life expectancy — not the 1st !?

Today's health care system is unbalanced. We work miracles in treating injury and illness, but cannot keep people well to begin with. And perhaps our greatest failing is our inability to prevent unplanned emergency care and hospitalizations, and our dependency on nursing home care for the group most at risk for illness and injury—frail elders, the physically and mentally disabled, the chronically ill and the dying.

EquaCare seeks to redress this problem by changing America’s health care system to address the needs of those most at risk. EquaCare broadens the definition of “health care” to include active care-partnering, consumer self reliance, and long-term care planning, not just “inpatient” and “outpatient” treatment. EquaCare empowers organizations, consumers and professionals to better care for themselves and for one another—no preauthorization required! At EquaCare, we believe that wellness is attainable, sustainable, and available to all, and that we have the resources we need to create a healthy society. We need only look to ourselves.