PDF Thomas H. Kean and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Ronald Reagan used to say that “status quo” is Latin for “the mess that we’re in.”
Well, for too many working Americans and their families, the health care status quo is, indeed, a real mess. The “value gap” between what we spend on care and what we get in return is a fundamental cause of America’s health care (and economic) crisis.
We spend twice as much per person on health care than any other advanced nation in the world. But we don’t deliver the quality of care, patient outcomes, improvements in public health and longer life spans as do many other countries. Meanwhile, at least 15 percent of Americans are uninsured — about 46 million people, which is more than the combined populations of 24 states plus the District of Columbia. And many people with insurance are scared they’ll lose it.
Delaying action makes the problem worse.
A plea for a more rational system
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