There’s this drug Wegovy used for weight lost. It’s an injection. It works. Yesterday daughter, who pays out of pocket for it, was in with her Doctor for a follow up appt discussing her progress with this drug and conversation turned to how expensive it was, and how it’s hard to get insurance coverage for it. (Only certain insurance will pay for it and only when a person is substantially overweight.) The doctor told her drug was expensive because the medical industry doesn’t want people being able to afford it and losing weight as there is more profit in over weight, unhealthy people.
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Not saying you're wrong, but I'm curious to what you think the government should do to encourage healthy living choices.
There's the RDFA and the food charts and such. They're now taxing sodas and fast food restaurants more.
What do you think they could do that would make a difference?
Used to be, back in the day, when I went to the doctors or took my husband, they were talk to him about healthy eating and exercise in controlling his blood pressure and diabetes. They would recommend healthy alternatives. Not anymore. Now it’s all about what medications they can put you on.
Did your husband follow their suggestions when they did talk to him about healthy eating and exercising and healthy alternatives?
Actually, I made him do so and he came off both his diabetes and blood pressure meds. Of course, its a lifestyle change and many either aren’t willing to do so or cannot continue it.
I'm not trying to be mean or rude, but this isn't a good example to use if you're trying to make the argument that the medical/gov community isn't doing anything to steer people towards a healthy life without drugs.
Because if they've told him in the past, and he still has these issues, it's on him if he didn't follow their recommendations. So telling him again is a waste of time.
To clarify, I am not defending the medical community. If you go through my comment history, you will see that I am frequently critical of the western medicine community.
But, really, I think people need to take responsibility for their choices. It's hard to believe in this day and age, people can't find out what to do in a healthy lifestyle without the medical community or govt standing over them constantly, nagging them.
Short of making junk food and sodas illegal (which I can just imagine what the reaction here would be) I don't see how the government can force people to choose a healthier lifestyle.