The collapse of Big Pharmaceuticals.

If you have a television you are likely aware of the political upheaval in Congress regarding health care reform.  The arguments against the Health Care reform bill as passed was the size and scope of the reform. That and the fact that certain aspects of the bill are meant to force the insurance industry to behave and actually do what 'you' have paid them to do.  In short the health care reform bill makes the insurance industry behave while prohibiting them from discriminating against 'any' health care provider and also eliminates their ability to drop anyone from coverage if they fall ill and actually need that coverage they've paid for. In essence the insurance industry has been behaving fraudulently by taking 'your' money for coverage they never intended to provide.  The health care reform bill prohibits this conduct. Sadly...that will mean the end of 100 million dollar bonuses and out of bounds profits. 

This is the last thing their 'share holders' want.  The insurance industry has repeatedly expressed concern for the needs of their share holders rather than their clients who pay them for coverage. Who are the share holders?  Could it be the pharmaceutical industry?   Such a relationship would create a virtual monopoly over the entire health care industry. Especially since the insurance industry has virtually no regulation to speak of due to its exemption to the anti-trust laws. So if the share holders are calling the shots, and those same share holders happen to be the pharmaceutical industry; what direction to you think health care would take?  

Considering that health care reform effort has been an ongoing since 1909 the size and scope of the current bill should be no surprise.  In fact, it is the primary catalyst for the current political grid-lock in Washington i.e. special interests who have controlled 'your' health care system do not like it. In fact it has been nearly a century since the last real change to our health care system took effect.  That change was to make Cocaine and Opium illegal forcing the Pharmaceutical industry to subjugate doctors of medicine and use them as a tool to further their profit margins.

   As a result of this unfortunate development we have been forced to accept whatever health care methods were deemed 'acceptable' by a board of directors rather than a doctors experience and expertise.  The pharmaceutical industry has become so wealthy and powerful that they no longer bother to hide the fact that they control congress like a puppet master controls a marionette. A position they have enjoyed for far too long and are about to lose and they know it. 

 The nation has had enough of their bad behavior.  This is not to say that wealth is bad, it is not.  However, wealth should be the reward for hard work and good behavior rather than restricted to only those who have taken advantage of their position and rigged the system to benefit only themselves, leaving the rest of the nation to salvage a living out of what they leave in their wake.  The world is about to reject corporate influence on their health care.

  Dr. B