Don we have the best health care system in the world? Won reform just add to costs without any improvements?
We do have one of the best health systems in the world – for those who can afford it. The problem is that millions upon millions of people can’t, and that number is growing. It’s growing, in part, because there are no rational cost controls, no rational quality controls, and no rational administrative systems in our current health system. This situation is unsustainable. So even if we were comfortable with the rationing of care based upon price, which is what we have now, it won’t work over the long term. But more to the point, a system that only works for part of society is not a system that works. A truly functioning health care system provides everyone with access to high-quality, efficient care. If we craft reform correctly, it will improve the quality of care while also making it accessible to the millions who don’t have it. Remember, by not providing care to millions of people, we drive up costs through the inefficient use of emergency rooms, through the increase in preventable d
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