06/09/2026
One of the biggest problems in healthcare is hiding in plain sight, in our own medicine cabinets.
It’s in the medication bottles that were never opened, the ones we stopped early, and the ones that expired months ago.
Across the country, billions of dollars of medication are filled every year and never taken. But the real cost isn’t the money. It’s the deterioration of health and quality of life for so many people, simply because the medicine meant to help them stays on the shelf.
Dr. David Shulkin, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, wrote a thoughtful piece about exactly this. His question is a simple one: are we actually taking the medicine we’ve already paid for?
Sometimes the hardest part of staying healthy isn’t getting the prescription but remembering to take it: every day, the right way, and all the way.
That’s the part we care about most.
Read Dr. Shulkin’s article here 👇
https://shulkinblog.com/f/the-way-to-reduce-healthcare-costs-is-staring-you-in-the-face
