"In the United States, cash is king and health care is more about economics than about health. 40% of the 17,800 lobbyists in Washington support health care agendas. And the health care agenda is concerned with one thing: more profits. And though there’s nothing wrong with profits, the fact is that focusing on the bottom line oftentimes interferes with saving lives...
...The reason the US has a lower life expectancy than Guam or Puerto Rico is because our lifestyles are the biggest determinant of our health and longevity… yet we continue to pretend that they’re unimportant. Doctors treat the health complications of obesity… rather than pushing for us to adjust our lifestyles and get more active. They treat the health complications of aspartame, rather than pushing us to eliminate Diet Coke from our diets."
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