In America today, healthcare often begins with illness – a trip to the doctor’s office – and ends
with treatment and recovery.  That’s not an efficient way to run a healthcare system.

Future healthcare models must begin with prevention and prediction:  Regular, inexpensive checkups, identifying those predisposed to certain illnesses, and treatment.  Today’s science can diagnose disease very early – even at a molecular level – allowing for treatments that are less invasive, less expensive, and more efficient. 

By focusing on early health and prevention instead of reacting expensively to illness, we can save $250 billion over the next decade. 

Wisconsin businesses like GE Healthcare are industry leaders in heart screening, Alzheimer’s screening, and cancer screening – the very technologies that can save our system hundreds of billions of dollars while bringing better health to hundreds of millions of Americans. 

By working with industry leaders and across the aisle in Washington, Jim Burkee will put the health interests of Wisconsin residents ahead of special interests. 

That’s good for Wisconsin – and good for America.