In another 30 years, given present trends, the U.S. will be the creative haven of medical discoveries and inventions around the world which will save millions of lives.
To a large degree we're already seeing this happen. From drugs, to great doctors, to operating rooms full of the best equipment in the world, the U.S. is raising the gap between our system and the socialized medical systems of the world.
In an autiopoetic system which is dynamic, creative and constantly challenged by competition, the 'urgency to change' is a motivation which lifts all boats. While the British and Canadian models continue to cost more, and stagnate under growing bureaucracies. The U.S. system will struggle with filling the needs of the poor, while steadily improving.
If only we could create the same sort of mechanisms for change in our public education system. Perhaps then, we wouldn't have so many illiterate working poor, who cannot afford a decent health care package. Combine a good solid education with TORT reform and improvements in fraud detection perpetuated on our Medicare/Medicaid system, and change could be profoundly positive.
Throw out the baby with the bath water and inflict our nation with a government controlled Hillary-Care type system of health care, and we're doomed to failure. |
