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I cannot understand why people are not revolting against the health care system in general. This crisis is not about pharma in particular, it's about the entir
by aseriu91l 9y ago
I cannot understand why people are not revolting against the health care system in general.
This crisis is not about pharma in particular, it's about the entire system. In fact, the opioid crisis illuminates a lot of the problems with the system at once.
Pharma benefits because it creates a market for their drugs.
Physicians benefit twice, because the initial prescribers get the seekers and then the "addiction specialists" get to profit when someone tries to come clean and are required to go to them to do so.
There's no oversight because the foxes are in charge of the henhouse. I.e., we say "physicians are the only ones who are really positioned to understand and regulate the system."
The criminal justice system benefits because they get to treat everyone as a criminal. Cause that's the right way to approach the drugs, right? Oh, and cracking down on drugs has really improved society in the US and elsewhere right?
The FDA is revealed to be useless because it's banning harmless drugs like cannabis and kratom while allowing harmful drugs to be used under the assumption that the monopolies they're granting (to pharma, physicians) are selfless, competent experts who only have the patients' well-being in mind.
And I'm sure all this is being charged and reimbursed appropriately?
The US healthcare system is a protection racket enabled by the government.