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This law is the greatest change to Medicare since its creation in 1965. It is perhaps the most assured way to control all of American medicine, of the patients, of the private and public payors, and of the deliverers.
What an appropriate time to be discussing the can of worms that government-run healthcare programs have become! The general public does not understand that this can is actually a huge bucket with ties into all aspects of government bureaucracy.
I will start at the beginning, with original private insurance, then explain how it was influenced by the federal government, then finish with the governmental-driven mess we have today.
The irony that November is National Diabetes Month does not escape me. The purpose is to make the public more aware of this insidious disease that is rising in epidemic proportions. However, to put it in the month that Grandma’s recipes reign with the high glycemic index of pork fat, trans fats, sugar-loaded desserts, fried meats, and lots of alcohol somehow escapes reason.
Food processing is performed upon almost all foods found on grocery store shelves. Historically, processing was done in order to increase the shelf life of food, make food safer to consume, increase the availability of food, and feed more people as the population expanded. And yes, food processing did create profit.
Since the medical entitlement program MEDICARE was created in 1964, the cost of medicine in this country has escalated. The government has assumed more and more control, with payer status in many communities greater than 70%. From the elderly, government programs have moved to provide services to the disabled and disadvantaged. The only way to contain the sky-rocketing costs is to control the medical community through networks of care-givers, establish a one-payer system, and ration care.
