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The next group of THEM that is responsible for much of America's physical ills is the pharmaceutical industry. These are the big boys. They play for keepsies, and they play rough. Some of the things I will tell you here will be difficult to prove without lots of statistics, but since I am known for having an opinion or three, I'm going to stick my neck out and state some things without proof. You can read or not.

Do you know that the average elderly person in America takes at least 6 different prescription drugs every day? Suppose Zeke and Gladys are both taking 6 pills a day, and each pill must be taken twice, two at a time. Suppose also that Zeke and Gladys both take a different list of pills. (Does this sound to you like the HEALTHIEST country in the world?) They will be taking thse pills for the rest of their lives, never getting any better. Now. Who do you suppose is receiving the profit from all these pills? Don't make me have to tell you...

Just know this: The pharmaceutical companies have a vested interest in your illness. The longer you have that illness, the longer they can crank out pills to treat you.

Notice that I didn't say "heal" you. That's because the pharmagiants don't want to heal you. They want to treat you. Forever. From now on. Endlessly. Why should they cure you? If they cure you, you stop going back to your doctor or pharmacy, stop getting new prescriptions, stop refilling old ones, and the pharm boys start to lose money.

There are only a few things that need to be revealed here. Number 1 is the fact above: The pharmaceutical giants are not interested in curing you. They are interested in treating you for the (short) rest of your (miserable, medically lucrative) life. (Does your doctor ever talk about "healing" you? Does he ever talk about "curing" you? I thought so...)

Number 2 is this: There are over 24,000 prescription drugs in common usage today. With the exception of some antibiotics, not one of these drugs actually heals whatever disease it is prescribed for. Not one. They are not designed to heal, they are designed to treat you forever, and to cause you to return to your doctor and your pharmacy repeatedly, indefinitely.

Number 3: The bottom line, as I have stated frequently before, is always the bottom line. The pharm boys are in this game to make money. Lots and lots and LOTS of money. Lucre. Loot. Moola. Dough. Shin plasters. Fins. Bucks. You get my drift. Don't get between these guys and their money.

Number 4: And, whatever you do, don't use any natural, alternative treatments, or, heaven forbid, eat a healthful, natural diet. If you do these things, you risk doing the very thing in number 3 above that I told you not to do. Since natural herbs, oils, compounds, and foods are not patentable, the pharm boys don't make a cent off any of it (unless they can tinker with it, add a bunch of proprietary chemicals and colorings and make it their own). So, it stands to reason that if you are treating yourself with stuff they can't earn any money from, you risk getting between them and their dough. 

These guys make so much money in a year that it's almost uncountable. Research and testing take a certain amount, to be sure.  And, of course those CEO's don't come cheap.  But even so, there's a lot of money to be had in this field. 

Lots of people--lots of people who can never get well under their doctors' care--are paying into medical plans that must finance this medical adventurism for the privilege of being treated indefinitely by the chemicals, compounds, potions, injections, and pills cranked out by the pharmagiants by the ton every year. The imagination simply can't wrap itself around the variety and abundance of these treatments, most of which cost pennies to produce but cost the insurance companies such vast amounts that the poor, unwell patient, who faithfully pays his insurance premiums, is skewered from both ends: He pays the insurance company to buy the pills the pharmaceutical companies manufacture to not heal him so he can take more, different pills that the insurance has to purchase, and so on, ad infinitum.