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By many measures we do not rate favorably when compared to other industrialized societies. Our behavior and lifestyle make us prone to illnesses that are chronic, complex, lifelong, and life shortening, all of which make them very expensive to treat.

We spend almost $8,000 per person per year, about 50 percent more than the next closest developed country, and this cost is seriously and affecting businesses, government and each of us. The premiums are high, the benefit is low. It is a zero-sum game.

They are just treating the worst cases and leaving those with chronic conditions are left to suffer, a perfect example is in another thread where a 58 year old is being refused TRT after being on it for 20 years and the endocrinologist who is taking the position that low-T is a part of aging and deal with it.