Doctors don't make healthy people-They treat sick ones..Individual responsibility is part of being healthy..Overweight, diabetes, and high cholestrol are all risk factors..CVS has it right by fining folks who can't stay in shape..

Half of America has a Handicapped sticker or rides in a cart at Wal-Mart because they're too fat to walk..Add Cigs, alcohol and prescription and illegal drugs into the mix and it's an unhealthy cocktail..Throw in 2 Coal fired power plants on the doorstep along with contaminants from GE and textile manufacturing of years past, and you get my drift..BTW-It's past your bedtime:-)

It could be the most per capita garbage food vendors in the state too. You can't change someone's health if they won't eat right. The pills and disease management only mask the symptoms to make you feel better while you die sooner than just eating right and getting a little bit of exercise. Lay off the high carb trash and get off the pills.

Former Roman & dalton:

So the people who live in the other 158 counties in Georgia don't have the same poor health habits as those in Rome? Of course they do. The point I am making is the access to healthcare. In a community with as many doctors and medical facilities as Rome has, it is a disgrace for our county to be ranked 91st. I clearly shows that despite our resources, accesss to healthcare in our community is a problem.

My point serpenttoe/voter is that people do have all the access they want in this city and county with the multiple free health fairs each year along with the free clinic and at least one medical clinic that charges 45 dollars over near Kroger for cash paying customers. If you can't scratch together 45 dollars to see a doctor then go to the health department free clinic. You can find something on the 4 dollar drug list at Kroger or wal-mart if you just can't bring yourself to not eat the high carb junk. You CAN buy lower carb alternatives for less money than the high carb junk in the grocery stores. Eggs,cheese, nuts, pork skins, low carb wraps, green beans, spinach, greens,tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, any kind of meat without putting breading or corn meal on it, lunch meat, bologna is 88 cents a pound for the one carb per slice kind at Kroger, peanut butter, occasional pure protein or atkins bar, 3 for a dollar carb master yogurt at kroger, no sugar added ice cream but not everyday. You can eat eggs and some kind of meat for breakfast or any meal. You don't need to eat cereal, oats, grits, or cream of wheat with the sugar flavored water they call juice for breakfast. Eat a low carb wrap with mayonnaise and some non-breaded meat and cheese for lunch with pork skins for a crunch if you need that. Cook some meat and the green vegetables for dinner with a salad if you want it. Eat a spoon or two of peanut butter or some nuts for a snack at night. The high carb junk costs way more than eggs and a slice of bologna or a hot dog or two.

You could see a doctor everyday and take all the prescription meds in the world and still live a sorry life and die sooner than someone that watches their carb intake and moves around a little during the day. People can see a doctor if they need to by walking into the emergency room if you have no money or job. If you do have a job, then go pay 45 dollars at the clinic behind Kroger. They don't go there because they know what they will be told. They've heard it before and obviously don't care until it becomes a life and death emergency. Then they put on their surprised face and wonder how it could happen to them.