A patient coming to a doctor, in the similar condition, is 4 times more likely to come out with a prescription in the United States when in Europe. Why? Becau

A patient coming to a doctor, in the similar condition, is 4 times more likely to come out with a prescription in the United States when in Europe. Why? Because it is profitable. What is the result? Well, life expectancy in the United States had been going down. Ref. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2 This epidemic might be an opening to shift the current equilibrium of over-medication and over-use of expensive treatments with questionable efficacy. The proper solution could be changing the incentives structure in the medical system. From profit and executive compensation aligned structures that over-sell services and drugs into something that is connected with long-term public health.