Hillary was the distraction. At the time, I recall being relieved when her socialized medicine initiative failed. Keep in mind, this happened in 1992. A couple years later I knew something had changed, but, as usual, the MSM was worthless, and the internet was in it's infancy. Later I figured out Medicare and Medicaid were the vehicles used for controlling health care (pushing up insurance costs to create MSM talking points and generate frustration with the system). One of the things they did was underpay for some procedures, so everyone's health insurance had to make up the difference. It wasn't widely reported, if at all, but if you talked to anyone providing healthcare in the mid-late 90's, that was one of the complaints. The MSM focused on the rising cost of healthcare, and the advantages of a single payer system.

Hillary was the distraction. At the time, I recall being relieved. Keep in mind, this happened in 1992. A couple years later I knew something had changed, but, as usual, the MSM was worthless, and the internet was in it's infancy. Later I figured out Medicare and Medicaid were the vehicles used for controlling health care (pushing up insurance costs to create MSM talking points and generate frustration with the system). One of the things they did was underpay for some procedures, so everyone's health insurance had to make up the difference. It wasn't widely reported, if at all, but if you talked to anyone providing healthcare in the mid-late 90's, that was one of the complaints. The MSM focused on the rising cost of healthcare, and the advantages of a single payer system.