Pill Pushers Prefs?

My bud on Claddagh Court. gets a glowing bill of health—praise from the doc. He takes a handful of pills every day, insulin shots and to the frig is the longest walk he takes.

The doc whines to me about my cholesterol. I take the odd aspirin, spend an hour on average a day in the garden, ride my bike everywhere I go in this burg, mow, walk, and eat the greens I grow in the garden.

Critical Eye wonders if this little picture isn't writ large across the entire American health system and its companion industries big ag and industrial food. So here we are, spending more med money on life style choice illness than almost any other.