>And given the alarmingly climbing rates of chronic diseases, e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, I'm also pretty sure that the health care industry has done more harm than good when it comes to chronic diseases.

I mean, can't this be attributed to other things too? (The way people live has changed in the past 20 years...)

I'd rather see some studies to show if/why those things have spiked rather than disavowing attempts to help it.

What else are we supposed to do?