I feel like if he gets his way I’ll be prescribed sunshine, exercise, raw milk, and whatever drug a pharmaceutical bribed him to sell, instead of the immunomodulators I really need.
He’s like a mix of your uncle who thinks your chronic illness would go away if you “go outside and get some sunshine, stop being so negative, and eat more xyz” and your aunt who believes “acupuncture and supplements will cure you and all other medicines are a conspiracy”.
What I was replying to was about doctors being quick to prescribe pills over other options. And the reason is profit. That is what happens with a for-profit healthcare system.
The doctor goes to pills because they get kickbacks (in various forms), and it isn’t like it won’t work, so they aren’t doing harm, right?
But then it goes to the insurance company, who will decide whether that pill or a different as a generic is the right one. Not a doctor, obviously, just regular people making calls about medicine - decisions based on the profit for the insurer from the deals they have to discount certain medications from certain companies.
And then still it goes back to the pharmacist, who doesn’t have that medicine readily available (because they didn’t order more in probably), but this brand? Totally the same (and cheaper for them or more expensive for you). And since the insurance company probably owns that large chain pharmacy you go to, its just a question of the best option for best profit for all.
Are you talking about property zoning?