Health Care Solution - MUST READ

For all the complaining and just pointing out the faults of the proposed solutions, here is one article (some say the only article) everyone needs to read on the issue. It's lengthy - so get a cup of coffee and sit down for a very level-headed, balanced, thoughtful, practical handling of the topic. To cut to the chase for you, here is the start of the conclusion (and I agree with every word):

"The most important single step we can take toward truly reforming our system is to move away from comprehensive health insurance as the single model for financing care. And a guiding principle of any reform should be to put the consumer, not the insurer or the government, at the center of the system. I believe if the government took on the goal of better supporting consumers—by bringing greater transparency and competition to the health-care industry, and by directly subsidizing those who can’t afford care—we’d find that consumers could buy much more of their care directly than we might initially think, and that over time we’d see better care and better service, at lower cost, as a result."