[According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure.] We certainly are in a health care crisis, ... If we had set out to design the worst system that we could imagine, we couldn't have imagined one as bad as we have. Marcia Angell
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![[According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure.] We certainly are in a health care crisis, ... If we had set out to design the worst system that we could imagine, we couldn't have imagined one as bad as we have. - Marcia Angell Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W0FjY29yZGluZyB0byBzb21lIGV4cGVydHMsIHRoZSBBbWVyaWNhbiBIZWFsdGhjYXJlIHN5c3RlbSBpcyBvbiB0aGUgYnJpbmsgb2YgZmFpbHVyZS5dIFdlIGNlcnRhaW5seSBhcmUgaW4gYSBoZWFsdGggY2FyZSBjcmlzaXMsIC4uLiBJZiB3ZSBoYWQgc2V0IG91dCB0byBkZXNpZ24gdGhlIHdvcnN0IHN5c3RlbSB0aGF0IHdlIGNvdWxkIGltYWdpbmUsIHdlIGNvdWxkbid0IGhhdmUgaW1hZ2luZWQgb25lIGFzIGJhZCBhcyB3ZSBoYXZlLiA=&author=ICBNYXJjaWEgQW5nZWxsICAgIA==&num=3 "[According to some experts, the American Healthcare system is on the brink of failure.] We certainly are in a health care crisis, ... If we had set out to design the worst system that we could imagine, we couldn't have imagined one as bad as we have. - Marcia Angell Quotes")
![[Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, after a slow start, it grew to become a $US2.3 billion ($3 billion today) blockbuster for its owner, Pfizer, in 2003.] About 80 per cent of the prescriptions were for unapproved uses - conditions like bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, hot flashes, migraines and tension headaches, ... In fact, Neurontin has become a sort of all-purpose restorative for chronic discomfort of almost any type - yet there is almost no good published evidence that it works. - Marcia Angell Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBNYXJjaWEgQW5nZWxsICAgIA==&num=11 "[Many drugs are prescribed outside their official recommendations, she says. Neurontin, for example, was initially approved only for epilepsy. But, after a slow start, it grew to become a $US2.3 billion ($3 billion today) blockbuster for its owner, Pfizer, in 2003.] About 80 per cent of the prescriptions were for unapproved uses - conditions like bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, hot flashes, migraines and tension headaches, ... In fact, Neurontin has become a sort of all-purpose restorative for chronic discomfort of almost any type - yet there is almost no good published evidence that it works. - Marcia Angell Quotes")
