Recently I had a conversation with a coworker of mine and we had a discussion about the aging population and the health wellness products that are available for use these days. There are many health wellness products that are on the market that do not require a prescription to purchase but the problem is that there has not been a lot of research done to know how safe some of these health wellness products are. So people may go the route of not seeing a doctor before making their decisions and then find that the health wellness products that they decided to use either do not do what the are supposed to or they have side effects that are not safe. One way to make these kinds of things safer is to ensure that everyone has affordable health insurance which allows them access to a doctor who can help them make informed decisions about health wellness products. With the aging population the biggest concern is health care costs and being able to help people make wise choices about health wellness products will ultimately save the health care system thousands of dollars.