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 .
Describe Lenin's New Economic Policy and its purpose. New Economic Plan (NEP), allowed some private ownership of property, mix of capitalism and socialism, central planning of the economy by the state, communist party makes decisions on individual jobs. Describe Stalin's 5-year plans and their purpose.