| the movement swept through the United States with such speed and fervor that by the middle of the 1970s most states and the federal government had passed laws protecting citizens from inferior products, services, and treatment. But when it came to medical and health matters, the laws and the lawmakers remained silent. Today, while change is in the wind, medicine and health care remain the last bastions of nonconsumerism in America. According to the federal government, health care now con- sumes 12 percent of the gross national product. Health care ex- penditures are twice that of the national defense budget. America is a medical mecca with the most sophisticated equipment and facilities in the world. |
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