Summary: When Healthcare Falls Short

For many years as Americans in our working society, we all hope to one day earn and save up enough money till we can reach our ultimate goal: retirement. Once we retire we assume the expression of “smooth sailing from here on out.” We assume that we can count on not only the money we have saved up, and a fraction of our previous regular governmental salaries, for those who are retired eligible military, as a stable monetary income. If we find ourselves in need of medical assistance, we look to Medicare and Medicaid. Unfortunately, for those of us who haven’t quite reached our golden age, we may not all be entitled to reap tomorrow, some of the benefits of today.
The article entitled, “When Healthcare Falls Short” is a brief piece covering a now growing issue covering the topic of Healthcare, particularly with the elderly. As more and more baby boomers reach the age of 65 and become eligible for retirement, more stress is put onto our current Medicare healthcare plan. With a rise in patients who are eligible and in need of Medicare, there seems to be no rise in the amount of funding or coverage that Medicare is able to offer. As a result, not only do the patients needs risk not being met, but they risk not being seen at all. The author, Jane Gross, offers to shed some light on these issues after having interviewed with
As potential candidates for the pharmacy profession and as future leaders in society, I feel that it is important to recognize this issue now. As current and future health care providers, we face the threat of encountering those who may potentially have some of these same issues. The only way to solve this problem is to recognize it and find a solution before it gets out of control. The question is, now that it has been identified, how exactly do we go about solving the