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Old Mar 28, 2009, 11:00 PM
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It seems now the entire healthcare field is no longer about preventative healthcare.
Our's too!! It used to be the goal to help keep people healthy and prevent. I heard an interesting comment on the radio the other day about the US healthcare system and it's view on preventive services. Here, a person goes from private health insurance to Medicare, the government sponsored healthcare program at age 65 (or about). So, the private insurers realized that by the time people had serious illnesses or serious complications from illnesses, they would be on Medicare, so why offer preventive services when it won't save the private health insurers money down the road since that person will no longer be on the private insurance.

We all need good medical care