medical care and lab work and unafordable health insurance and the high price of prescription meds is a way bigger killer than type 2 diabetes medication without a prescription.. the mark up in the drug stores are around 300% on some meds..
A planned economy is the economic system in which decisions regarding production and investment are embodied in a plan formulated by a central authority, usually by a public body such as a government agency. Thus it may be termed a  command economy .
Five Characteristics of a Command Economy. You can identify a modern centrally planned economy by the following five characteristics. 1. The government creates a central economic plan. The five-year plan sets economic and societal goals for every sector and region of the country.