Home · The Dr. Axe Show · Episode
The Dr. Josh Axe Show

The Healthcare System Is BROKEN

Transcript

Josh

Let's look at SSRIs. 25 years later in retrospective analysis, SSRIs barely differentiate from placebo. I remember seeing on Joe Rogan him holding up those bags of yellow stuff. It's funny because it's being touted as like new technology, yes, but it's old technology being repurposed and utilized for new approaches to medicine. You know, so many people they want the best care, but insurance doesn't cover the best care. They cover sort of like really the worst care. Your health insurance is like car insurance. It's great if you total the car, but if you're expecting it to rotate the tires, change the oil and maintain the vehicle, you are going to be sorely disappointed. What happened in the '90s is those entities were captured by the big five insurance companies. The reason that is a crucial puzzle piece to understand for your listeners, at that point in time, they went away from negotiating down the price of a prescription drug to negotiating up the price of a prescription drug.

The Dr. Axe Show is educational and not a substitute for care from your clinician. Disclaimer

Reviewed by specialists in endocrinology, functional medicine, cardiology, nutrition and longevity.Our protocols and source library are reviewed against current clinical evidence by our medical advisory board. Dr. Axe AI grounds its answers in that reviewed library and shows the sources behind every response.
Meet the Medical Advisory Board