Pfizer ad men said to Merck about 30 years ago, "Hey guys, let's demonize cholesterol so more people will buy/take this modified rat poison we're calling statins and we'll both make tons of money! It worked beyond their wildest dreams. Lipitor one of 6 statins grosses $12 billion a year. By now most of that is profit. The biggest driver of skyrocketing healthcare costs is the decision made by most Americans to eat, drink and be merry daily and then depend on one or several of the multiple pills available to (theoretically) counteract their unhealthy diet and lifestyle choices. That kabuki dance is not working. As a doctor I have admitted many 100s of patients whose medications failed and they developed, suffered and died from the very diseases the pills were supposed to prevent. Before dying their hospital and doctor bills ran into the 100s of thousands of dollars. The Baby Boomers becoming eligible for Medicare bankrupts the country by about 2017. Bill Clinton is a perfect bad example. A new plan to cover all the uninsured only brings that day closer. Our only hope is for Americans to swear off Big Macs and KFC, walk or bike to work, and join a yoga class or its equivalent. If we took as poor care of our cars as we do our bodies, auto insurance would be unaffordable too.