care program's implementation. First, despite the huge amounts of money and other resources expended on the health care system, long-term studies show that the quality of care has not substantively improved. The quality of medical care has had little affect on infant mortality, sickness and disease, and life span in the U.S. Prevention of the leading causes of deaths today is more closely linked to life style, personal habits, and heredity than medical intervention. Improved public health and sanitation, immunization, clean public water supplies, sanitary sewage disposal, improved diets and nutrition, and improved standards of living have had the greatest impact on reducing infant mortality and adult death rates.
Second, health care costs continue to escalate. Technology, new scientific diagnostic equipment, and highly trained and specialized medical personnel have contributed to the increase in medical costs. Despite all the resources spent on medical services delivery, there has been little improvement in the overall quality
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