Because that's the whole big pharma / big "healthcare" grift - has nothing to do with health. Doctors are financially incentivized to push pills on folks. Most (if not all) pills only treat symptoms, not root causes, AND they all have their own side effects. So then old person needs another pill to treat side effect A, then another and another and on and on it goes.
It's not being brain washed but with what we grew up seeing our parents do after WW2 where doctors and medicines were trusted and taking meds for a medical condition was the norm. No one knew much about supplements, chiropractic, acupuncture, working out at gyms or drinking bottled water to stay hydrated.
Because that's the whole big pharma / big "healthcare" grift - has nothing to do with health. Doctors are financially incentivized to push pills on folks. Most (if not all) pills only treat symptoms, not root causes, AND they all have their own side effects. So then old person needs another pill to treat side effect A, then another and another and on and on it goes.
It's not being brain washed but with what we grew up seeing our parents do after WW2 where doctors and medicines were trusted and taking meds for a medical condition was the norm. No one knew much about supplements, chiropractic, acupuncture, working out at gyms or drinking bottled water to stay hydrated.