Big Pharma makes me sick

I'm sick to death of all the TV drug advertisements that I see on cable. I really don't want to be paying for cable TV so I can listen to people talking about erectile dysfunction, restless leg syndrome, bone density medication, hair regrowers, etc. Just listening to all these commercials, which come on every 5 minutes or so, is enough to make me sick.

Recently, a bill was passed which further illustrates how Big Pharma and the FDA are in bed together, allowing them to charge the highest possible prices for pharmaceuticals. If you want to read the article, you can click on the link below:

FDA drug safety bill passes in the U.S. Senate; health freedom advocates outraged at betrayal of American consumers

This is one of the primary reasons why the "healthcare economy" has taken on a life of its own in the U.S., with the highest expenditure per person in the world. Unfortunately, that price tag does not provide us with the best care in the world. And it's certainly not producing healthier citizens. This escalation will have to crash somewhere. I certainly behooves us to live as healthy as possible, lest we be held captive by "Big Pharma."