The promise that had been made by President Johnson several years before had not been kept. Today, more than 34 million people in the United States live in poverty and another 20-30 million are considered needy. Medicare does not have enough money to care for all of these people. The current health care system is in total chaos. Health care must be government regulated to bring priorities in the distribution of health care benefits.
Society needs to understand the necessity of government intervention and government regulations.
They need to voice their opinions on what is important to the future of health care. There needs to be policies that give priority to those less fortunate and to provide quality health care to everyone. Professionals in the health care field need to show compassion for their fellow man and to stop the overcharging that has created the problem of costly health care. The advances in medical technology is not the answer to health care problems. Just because an illness is treatable, does not necessarily mean that a patient will receive adequate health care.