“What we need to do is get to work on the things that NEHI is talking about, to find out what really works.”

– Timothy Murphy, health care advisor to Mitt Romney campaign, at October 2007 NEHI event

Publications

Prevention and Wellness

Healthy People in a Healthy Economy: A Blueprint for Action in Massachusetts

Publication Date: June 30, 2009
The Boston Paradox report, published in 2007 by NEHI and the Boston Foundation, demonstrated that Massachusetts has plenty of health care but not enough health. The economic recession has only put challenges related to unhealthy behaviors -- and resulting chronic illness -- into starker relief. Healthy People in a Healthy Economy offers a blueprint for action that will help connect the missing links between health, healthy behaviors and a healthy economy.

The Boston Paradox: Lots of Health Care, Not Enough Health

Publication Date: June 1, 2007
Health care resources are being devoted to treatment -- and not prevention -- of chronic disease, which is impacting economic competitiveness.

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