Part of the plot against MAWGs? First they took away PSA tests to see how many they could kill with prostate cancer; now it looks like they want to limit blood pressure medication (much of which is now available in cheap generic form.
Obamacare's "experts" know exactly what they are doing.
You're OLD?
No medicine for you!
Part of the softening up of the public for accepting "less" in the way of medical care.
It's the New Normal.
Just like in Europe.
they have been pushing us to lower blood pressure way down for years (120), and most of us have done some of this, but noticed our older patients got faint, so we sort of let their pressure up to 140. Now they are catching up to what we have done out of common sense.
The bad news? They are pushing cheap diuretics (water pills)... ten percent of men taking them get problems in their love life, but what they hey: they’re cheap!