Brasfield Chapters 3-5

In these chapters, the author mainly talked about subjects that had already been covered in the books we have read in the past. The author went over the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid, and how both of these health care plans have changed over the years. It also mentions again the resistance against these health plans that the government were forced to deal with. Many items have been added on in order to improve both Medicare and Medicaid, but overall, both of these plans have remained largely intact. This book also goes over the predicaments that both these health plans face, and what the future might hold in regards to what health care might look like for people in the United States in the next decade. She lists several options of what might happen, and the intended and unintended consequences of each of those solutions. One of the main problems for the future of health care is the rising costs that are draining federal resources and forcing them to raise taxes and/or premiums. The citizens do not like the new raises, but that is the only way that health care will remain the way it is. The author also offers some solutions to these problems, but nothing is for certain and health care might look very different in ten years than it does today.