Why the system is failing your health and what you can do about it.

For years, we’ve been led to believe that insurance equals healthcare. But if you’ve ever left a doctor’s office with more prescriptions than answers or been told your tests are “normal” even when you feel far from it — you’ve felt the cracks in the system firsthand.

Here’s the uncomfortable truth:
Most insurance doesn’t support proactive healthcare. It only kicks in when something has already gone wrong.

In fact, the Medicare guidelines themselves state:

“Any procedure designed to restore or enhance health is not covered as medically necessary and therefore is not reimbursable by insurance.”

Let that sink in. If you want to prevent disease, reduce inflammation, balance your hormones, or avoid future medications, you’re likely on your own.

The Problem

Insurance-based healthcare is built to manage crisis and symptoms, not root causes.
It’s great for broken bones and emergency rooms, but not for helping you get off the roller coaster of fatigue, bloating, weight gain, brain fog, or chronic inflammation.

Here’s what you won’t hear in a 7-minute appointment:

• How your food may be silently triggering your pain

• That stress and poor sleep are driving your hormone imbalance

• That your body is not broken, it just needs a new approach

Instead, most patients walk away with pills, procedures, and unanswered questions.

Why This Matters

We’re spending more than ever on healthcare, but people are sicker than ever.
According to the CDC, 6 in 10 adults have a chronic disease, and 4 in 10 have two or more. The vast majority of these are preventable through lifestyle.

But prevention doesn’t fit into the insurance model.
It’s not profitable. And it doesn’t come with a quick-fix code to bill.

If you're not taking the lead on your own wellness, you're likely stuck in a system that manages decline instead of supporting health.

What You Can Do

The good news? You have more power than you’ve been led to believe.

You can:

• Learn to interpret your body’s signals before they escalate

• Support your immune system, digestion, and energy naturally

• Invest in food, mindset, and personalized care before you're in crisis

• Partner with a practitioner who asks why and doesn’t just medicate the symptom

Functional Nutrition does what the system doesn’t. It slows down, connects the dots, and creates a plan that helps your body heal before it’s too late.

Final Thoughts

If you’ve ever been dismissed, handed another prescription, or told “this is just how it is,” know this:

You’re not crazy. You’re just in the wrong model of care.

Proactive health isn’t reimbursed but the cost of ignoring your body is far higher.

You deserve to feel seen, heard, and supported.
You deserve answers.
And you deserve to thrive.

What’s holding you back from living your healthiest life?

If you're tired of feeling dismissed, misdiagnosed, or stuck in a system that only treats symptoms, it might be time for a new approach.

Let’s talk about what’s really going on in your body and how you can start feeling better now, not years from now.

DM me or comment below if you’re curious about what working together might look like, or if you simply want to understand your next best step.

You don’t have to wait for things to get worse.

You just have to start.

Sheri Mills

Certified Functional Nutrition

Your Wellness Redefined