Have you ever stopped to think about how much profit there is in keeping people unwell? In my day job, there are a ton of conversations about community health and how, collectively, sickness costs people more and it’s in our communities’ best interests to have a healthier community. Caring for people who are sick is expensive—it’s expensive for health insurers, it’s expensive for companies offering health plans, it’s expensive for government programs, and it’s especially expensive for individuals and families.

So why then are we struggling so much as a nation to finally get well?

Because being unwell is very, very profitable for select industries.

When you inject pharmaceutical companies, lobbyists, power-hungry government officials, and corporate greed, it becomes a very different conversation.

In this episode, I dive into more about what I've learned about the industries that are profiting from keeping you and our society unwell. My goal is to shine some light on some factors at play that could be making it harder for you to achieve your health and wellness goals, and give you some things to consider so that you can be a savvy consumer and self-advocate.

Resources and Articles

• Lobbying Expenditures and Campaign Contributions by the Pharmaceutical and Health Product Industry in the United States, 1999-2018
• Statista: Global pharmaceutical industry - statistics & facts
• Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering
• Who pays the bill and who makes the profit in treating chronic disease?

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