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~$30 billion / 348 Billion is not (1% of US drug spending) Of note prescription drugs are not the only medical advertising, but they do represent a rather large share.

Population creates limits for the amount of useful medication that can be provided, inefficiency is practically unbound. It’s not that on it’s own say Heath insurance overhead and profit is that expensive it’s simply yet another implementation detail unrelated to actually providing heathcare.