When you need medical care, you will pay or the government will. I have seen so much fraud in health care, all across the country, but the worst/most blatant was in FLA and UT. In these two states, it was organized crime. Doctors purposely misdiagnosing expensive disorders in an HMO or pretending to treat for nonexistent maladies if Medicare was paying.
Imagine being ill and depending on your doctor but your doctor's primary concern is his/her wallet. You don't know this, so you go along until things go horribly, irreparably wrong. Then, as your family tries to understand what happened, they are misdirected, ignored and treated as if they are ignorant.
Then, there is the collusion with the food/agriculture industry. Diabetes type II is endemic to the US. In 2011, diabetes therapeutic products were a $23.7 billion dollar industry. Pharmaceutics companies provide perks to MDs who prescribe their meds.
Of course not all medical practitioners are involved, but it is well understood that exposing the malpractice of a colleague will destroy your career. Just about everyone I know involved in our medical system was for Romney. Smart, skillful, talented people swayed by the industry criminals.
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