"so why is US health policy all about treating illness by selling drugs to those who are sick?"
There's no money to be made from healthy people...
Clinical medicine in the United State is dead. Medical schools, hospitals, and many doctors are wholly captured by Pharma. They diagnose test results and prescribe drugs (preferably still on patent).
the real el gato malo looks a little guilty, but everyone knows the sink is the best place to sleep.
"so why is US health policy all about treating illness by selling drugs to those who are sick?"
There's no money to be made from healthy people...
Clinical medicine in the United State is dead. Medical schools, hospitals, and many doctors are wholly captured by Pharma. They diagnose test results and prescribe drugs (preferably still on patent).
the real el gato malo looks a little guilty, but everyone knows the sink is the best place to sleep.