Pharmaceutical Cos. & the AMA

This most likely will come across as a political statement, but it is what I psychically see happening.

In the 2010’s, around 2014 and by 2018, several Pharmaceutical companies will place their own MD’s on the board of the AMA.  These people will further squew the AMA towards the Pharmaceutical industry’s products and against alternative therapies and medicines.  They will intentionally block healing methods and practices that are proven to be helpful to people.  This happens now, but under the argument that research has not been done.  In the late 2010’s, they will block use of methods that research has proven effective, but that the specific Pharmaceutical Cos. don’t want to be available.  By the 2030’s, this pattern of behavior will be widely revealed and in the 2040’s the AMA will be known to be an unethical organization with an agenda against healing and more towards special interests of the Pharmaceutical companies.  Their reputation will be damaged to the point that it will take about 50 years after that, before the AMA is recognized as an organization worthy of respect, and focused on helping people.

Health Care

In the years to come, in the medical field, health care will become an even bigger mess for people into the end of this decade. It will get worse before it gets better. It will be 2012-2015 before any real changes come or any real reform comes and then only slightly. Change will come from Doctors themselves, forming smaller groups to offer medical help as small organizations, rather than be a part of larger health programs such as HMO’s now. (Added 8/10/05)

Alternative medical or health practitioners will continue to gain ground and will organize more. (Added 8/10/05)
HMO’s will be a part of the health field for many decades yet, and their philosophy will not change much at all, for at least 40 years. Insurance companies don’t know what to do. High costs of medical malpractice insurance will continue at least for 30 years before they begin to bring the prices down due to regulation or govt. intervention. (Added 8/10/05)