Just pray you don't get sick

In a recent article in the LA Times, a concern about drug resistant bacteria was examined. These infections typically attack people that are in a weakened condition - like those you find in hospitals.

Turns out, this is turning into a serious problem. The infections are of a type known as gram-negative. They are tough to kill. More troubling, they are developing resistance to our 'drugs of last resort'.

This type of infection recently killed Miss Brazil. She initially had a urinary tract infection. She wound up losing her hands, her feet, her kidneys, and finally - her life.

So, why post a blog about this? Because we are heading down a road where we will see more of this.

The Federal Government is taking over more and more of the health care in this country. Along with that, they will more tightly control the flow of funding in the health care sector. This could well lead the evil drug companies to re-think the massive investment needed to bring cutting edge drugs to market. It costs hundreds of millions of dollars to bring a new drug to market. This is due to the length of time (10 years) required to pass FDA screening. The 'F' in FDA is FEDERAL.

So, not only will the FEDs control the approval process, they are now positioned to also control the price the companies can charge. If you were a business, is that where you would choose to invest your stockholders capital? I doubt it.

They will revert to making cold pills, acne cream, or anything else the government deems to be 'cost effective'.

Just hope you don't contract MRSA,Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or some other resistant bacteria while you are in the hospital. There probably won't be any 'cost effective' medications for you. Goodbye hands, feet, kidneys....life.