Yes, we, as a nation need to get away from treatment of diseases and conditions and focus more on prevention.

That was drilled into me working as a cost accountant for an aluminum extruder. It was far more expensive to "fix" a bad product that had already been shipped to a client than to simply make sure that bad product never happened - or was removed from the process as soon as it happened.

It was drilled into me again working as a systems developer / system analyst: It was far cheaper to prevent a coding error from going into live, production status that it was to fix it once it was installed and causing problems.

And, it was drilled into me again as a nurse: It's cheaper to prevent heart disease (and other chronic diseases like dementia) than to fix it after it happened.

THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!

... And the best prevention is life style changes: Good sleep habits, stress reduction, good diet, and exercise. (I used to say all of those were free -- but then I started cycling! ). But too, sometimes those lifestyle changes need a little help!