It's beginning to look less and less as if it will. In fact, it is looking less and less like Congress can do anything much other than trade partisan punches.
We are quickly becoming less and less a nation of abundance.
Of course, poor countries spend less on health care than rich ones. the thing is, we may be among the wealthiest nations, but we're a long way from being the wealthiest.
yet, we spend far and away more than anyone else. It's not just a matter of having the latest machines, or private hospital rooms. Most of us don't, in fact, go to private hospital rooms. It's a matter of an inefficient system.
Make that "developing" or "third world", and you're right. We're a long way from having a higher standard of living than most industrialized nations.
So, how do we apply market forces when a serious illlness or accident can bankrupt any middle class family?
I don't think it's a function of their diet. What they've done is to apply those market forces you keep talking about to health care. That's what we have to do.
It's called lobbying. How do we get the lobbyists out of government?
By getting the money out of politics. Next question: How do we get the money out of politics?
