it is said that one of every three dollars spent on health care is wasted.  whoa, is that all?  being a medicare recipient i know that regular visits as requested by my various physicians are a total waste of my time.  obviously they are income generators for the doctors and pharmaceutical industry.  many of the meds the doctors have prescribed and i've paid for wind up in my garbage bag.

on the other hand, this amount of waste may not be out of hand.  admiral rickover has been alleged to say that 1 of every 3 defense dollars is wasted.  soooo, i guess we can incorporate into our "common knowledge" that 1 of 3 of any effort is wasted.

sometimes its four of every three.

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