You may be right. But I just don't trust them.
Medicine has gotten too conflicted. The interests of the patient are too often over-ridden by other concerns, such as cost and convenience. Obamacare will make this exponentially worse.
I agree that Obamacare will make everything worse, especially for the elderly.
I have found that most elderly need an advocate .... a strong advocate with them when they go to the doctor and especially the ER. The advocate needs to do their homework & be “up” on what the issues are with the person they are advocating for. The elderly tend to ‘take’ whatever the doc says & not question anything ..... a person who can discuss and question can make a huge difference in the care that is rendered ..... lesson learned from hard experience. Most doctors will listen ... a few are jerks and won’t. I fired two docs before I found one that would listen, discuss & that I felt would do what was in my person’s best interest.