And so it doesn't really make sense that we would say, oh, they're crushing it on these diseases by prescribing more pills when as the, you know, We're prescribing 221 million prescriptions for statins per year and heart disease is continuing to be the leading cause of death in the United States. This doesn't make any sense. And, and you know, it's like Cali's saying, like it is a free country and people should be allowed to make choice, but we don't need to pay for the bad choices for people, which is what we're doing. (1:55:55–1:56:06)
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Asserts that despite 221 million statin prescriptions annually, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.
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