Dr. Judy Salerno, executive officer of the Institute of Medicine, says politics is to blame for recent failures to bring about meaningful changes in healthcare reform. Watch this video for the details.
Historically we've grafted on all kinds of things in the healthcare system, and it looks like something that was put together with chewing gum or something, but certainly nothing that will hold and it is not sustainable. Definitely not sustainable, and recently more recently I have to say that the politics have really intervened in a very negative way, and that's depressing for me.
Having devoted the last three decades of my life to seeing positive change in healthcare which benefits the health of our nation.
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