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Originally Posted by bkloots

Government telling people what to eat (or not) has never been a popular application of public resources. "Food Pyramid"? Forget it.

Those of us who choose wisely are, unfortunately, stuck with the bill for those who don't.

This is an important point and not a hyperbolic statement, as those of us on Medicare in the US realize direct costs of our premiums based on a number of factors, the primary being the subsidization of prescription drug costs.

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"Medicare Part B beneficiaries in 2022 began paying 14.5 percent more for their monthly premiums, which cover medical services such as doctors’ services and outpatient care. Why did the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) raise the standard premium so drastically?

Part of the answer rests on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval last summer of an arguably unproven and expensive Alzheimer’s drug—Aduhelm."

This issue has gone back and forth with a drug where the trial results were questionable and the decision to release the drug resulted in resignations of decision makers in protest. But the larger issue is the fact that Americans, particularly over the age of 65, are extremely over-prescribed for many maladies resulting from lifestyle issues with poor food choices being at the core. We can only presume there is more to come in future years. Today, governments are not able to become beacons of common sense in these cases, as they are unable to guide people to better food choices.