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At newstarget.com an overuse of prescription drugs is linked to overdose, damage to the body and organs, and addiction. But what isn't addressed is that the high cost of these medications are funneled into health insurance costs, which is one of the many reasons why so many people today can't afford medical coverage.

The article is clear: "pharmaceuticals don't treat health conditions, only symptoms." The goal isn't to make you better; in fact the opposite would be better. Drug companies want you to keep using prescription drugs, so there isn't any real reason to help people get well in the long term.

And this kind of chronic sickness is inflating health insurance costs. In fact, the rising costs of technology and prescription drug use is the #1 reason why health insurance premiums have gone up, and many people can't get health coverage if they're sick, since the drugs cost so much.

This leaves consumers in the old "catch 22." They want to get well, so they use the prescription drugs, but the drugs cost so much that they can't get health insurance, so they stay sick.

What ought to be happening is that doctors and health organizations need to focus on overall health and wellness in order to prevent or cure the sicknesses that exist in the first place. This, plus an overall reduction in prescription drug dependency, would not only result in healthy bodies and long lives, but would lead to more affordable health insurance for everybody.