health care

I probably am way off course as to what the discussion is supposed to be about, but one big differences between health care during colonial times, & today, are what was known then, & what is known now. There are so many differences that if I tried to list them all, it would take at LEAST this response, & then a comment to get it all down. One of the major changes is information-based. I don't think that cancer was a known ailment back in the colonial days. I'm also sure it includes diet & exercise was something that was not as much common knowledge back in the colonial days. Then there's also the technology. Economically, I don't think that there was that big pharmaceutical industry. In addition to that, there's also the health insurance. I don't think there was any such thing back then, but in today's times, it is a necessity. Socially, a doctor visit means having to go to the doctor's office today, as opposed to the doctor coming to visit you at your residence. I'm sure a lot more can be added to this.