Doctors and pharmaceutical companies

Doctors and pharmaceutical companies are not in the business of healing people. They are in the business of making money. 
I used to work in the pharmaceutical industry and was astounded then (30 odd years ago) what side effects those drugs had on people. 
Everyone is popping tabs to "prevent" illnesses without realising the side effects these drugs have. Many of these side effects are worse than the original ailment.
I am not suggesting that one should go off their meds BUT one should look to what is the actual illness.
Recently I took a little old man to the cardiologist and although the visit cost the medical aid a bomb and the little old man was healthy the cardiologist insisted that he come back in six months time for a "check up"
WTF???????
My comment is "I am healthy and YOU want to see me. I have to pay for the visit BUT you want to see me?"
This strikes me as a money making scam. Sorry. NO GO. I will go to a doctor if and when I am sick, not because he wants to see me.
I am sure that some doctor dreamed up the saying "prevention is better than cure."
In conclusion, why would anyone want to live beyond their useful years?
Is it because we fear death?
What is death?
I can think of far worse things than death?
Like living in severe pain.
Like living with no memory.
Why must we be kept alive so some doctor or caregiver can make money from us?????
Shouldn't we be allowed to die when we want?
I am convinced that pharmaceutical companies and doctors are in cahoots with the fast food companies, like McDonalds. The fastfood companies make foods which send up cholesterol levels and cause heart attacks and strokes so the pharmaceutical companies make drugs for the doctors to prescribe to cure.