2024-02-19

Way too much "health care"

The intense over-promotion of what is billed as "health care" is, IMO, a huge problem in the U.S.
As a case in point, see this sponsored Politico article:

https://www.politico.com/sponsor-content/2024/01/16/promising-treatments-for-insomnia-sufferers-face-restrictions-limiting-their-use

Now some want to spend more money on treatments for insomnia??
Yet more money for doctors and drug companies.
Yet a bigger burden on the overall economy, making us even less competitive with countries and societies not so affected with hypochondria.