Here is an interesting analogy that is used to illustrate the main reason why government-funded healthcare expenses rise so high and so fast:

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/OPINION01/806170311/1008

Now imagine if the industry in which you work were primarily funded by a source that, it can be modeled with accuracy, is scheduled to run dry.  Where would that leave you as a service provider?

Recruiting is already enough like three dimensional chess that it sometimes makes it a challenge to set aside the time to absorb industry information such as this.   However, it behooves us to pay attention to the macro picture since the results of whatever changes Medicare goes through will substantially affect the entire healthcare industry.  Indeed, those changes will likely affect ALL industries since the painful and inexorable rise in the costs of medical coverage affect every employer to one degree or another.