[Alberta's Child]

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law legislation that officially brought the United States government into the business of providing paying for health care.

There — I corrected it. Outside the military, Congress and the White House, and perhaps some clinics on Indian reservations, the U.S. government doesn’t treat any medical issues for anyone.

There’s no way to “fix” health care unless third-party payment as the standard means of paying for it comes to an end. And it doesn’t matter if the “third party” in question is a government agency or a private insurance company.

[cgbg]

“There’s no way to “fix” health care unless third-party payment as the standard means of paying for it comes to an end.”

Agreed—cash on the table is a hard dose of reality, one transaction at a time.