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The paper discusses how the economic underpinnings of the U.S. health care system are fast eroding due to a lack of an infrastructure to regulate unscrupulous opportunists. The paper believes that there is a lack of incorporation of stakeholder interests into the current system, and while the revenue generated by the numerous independent health insurance entities staves off any health care economy collapse, it is a false stability.

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"The original notion of fair and equal health service provision for the U.S. population is embodied in the Social Security Act of 1964. At the time that it was passed, it was the assumption of many that the most likely to be in need of health services would be the elderly (Medicare) and those unable to afford health insurance (Medicaid). Another assumption was that the individuals that did not fall into either category would find a means to be insured or otherwise pay for health services rendered. As one looks at the present time, the federal government's altruistic efforts decades ago seem to have a minimal role in providing for the health of..."

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