Finally, an astute journalist makes the inky succinct point about our healthcare system.

It is an imperfect and unsustainable model that has been debt funded for 50 years which has reached the limit of diminishing returns.

Not only will dumping more money into it  make no difference but we have no more money to give.

The Medicare act is violated each and every day.
It is neither free, timely , universal, nor equitably accessed.

It has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that a centrally controlled , monopolistically delivered service is absolutely the worse operational choice.

Let those who can afford private healthcare have those options .
Make delivery a competitive choice.
Eliminate pre-pay and make payment subject to satisfactory results .

It's so simple.
All it requires is leadership ..