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Originally Posted by willravel
1) Is there a problem, and if yes what is the problem?
If you answered yes:
2) Is it likely to work itself out?
If you answered no:
3) What is the best way to fix it?
4) Why (explain your answer)?
5) Who is in a position to enact this change?
6) What can I do to make this change?
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1 - As willravel stated, a huge and growing chunk of Americans are without health coverage, which is ridicuous in arguably the richest and most technologically advanced nation in the world.
2 - Work itself out? Not sure what that means - the situation will continue to evolve, but it is people who bring about change.
3 - Universal health coverage paid for by a lessening of the hundreds of billions the US pays for its bloated military and a subsequent increase in health care dollars. Fixed prices for various medical services. Doctors can still get rich on elective procedures but if you need something "normal" like getting a broken leg fixed or dealing with the complications of pregnancy, prices should be fixed to preclude gouging. At the same time, ridiculous malpractice suits have to be limited to fixed dollar amounts.
4 - Are you asking why is this the best way to fix it? Americans simply won't go for increased taxation, so the money needs to come from somewhere and if you stop invading everyone you can easily pay for this.
5 - Enact? Isn't that the job of your congress? If you mean bring about the change I think that as more and more people suffer from insufficient health coverage and more lives are touched by it (or even as people's salaries stop going up in order to pay for increasingly expensive company sponsored health plans) you'll probably see a wave of public pressure for change.
6 - Me? Not much, I'm not American. But the average American can obviously vote for candidates that support such changes and lobby those that don't and use pressure from the media to bring about change.