Is Medicare a Big Pharma scam?

“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
Upton Sinclair

I'm going to begin this post with the Upton Sinclair quote to allow for the fact there are many well intentioned folks who remain blissfully unaware of the facts, which are the topic of the remainder of this post.

Fact: The vast majority of people who begin using a low fat whole foods plant based (with no added oils, salt, or sugar) diet come off all medications, and rather quickly at that.

Fact: The above group, now "cured" of "chronic conditions" (that need never to have occurred to begin with), continues forward with the best measured "health markers" of any other single group of humans alive on the plant today.

Fact: Big Pharma makes the majority of it's profits selling medications "you'll have to take the rest of your life" because there's no known cure for ... (fill in the blank). If they were being honest they would add: "that we can sell you, as the cause of your condition is dietary, and the only way to cure it is also dietary".

Fact: The majority of Americans of middle age and older are on multiple medications for conditions that are reversible with diet.

Fact: No one with "authority", including MDs, are telling these folks that there is a "cure" that actually works, and it's easy and free (we have to buy food either way).

Fact: This results in a kind of "pocket picking" of citizens, through the agency of Medicare, with the "revenues" flowing to Uncle Sam and Big Pharma.

Nice to know good old Uncle Sam is looking out for our best interests, right?