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The episode discusses the implications of dementia on the healthcare system and its increasing prevalence in the United States.

Dementia tells us a great deal about our healthcare system. Not even noted to be a disease at the time of Medicare's birth in 1965 it is now one of the most onerous and common diseases of the elderly. Why? And why is the incidence so much higher in the United States than the rest of the world? We have tried to medicalize dementia and memory loss and created a multi-billion dollar industry around it including useless drugs, unhelpful tests, and far too many specialist v...

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