If Air Travel Worked Like Health Care
A sadly amusing article from National Journal that begins, “Hello! Thank you for calling Air Health Care, the airline that works like the health care system. My name is Cynthia. How can I give you travel care today?”
As one who has had a number of similar experiences with our health care non-system, I can tell you that there is way too much underlying truth to this parody. I am profoundly unhappy with the health care bills recently passed by Congress, but one thing is clear: our current health care system is broken and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. And no, I do not believe parroting the “free market will save us” line will solve anything. Free market health care, in its current incarnation, is a major FAIL.