Our government is not capable of doing something different and thus solving our healthcare crisis; it participates in shock and dismay and it is the status quo.  Notably, there is a general, perceptible, and resigned attitude from some federal and state legislators and staffers towards Health and Human Services (HHS); specifically, their observations are that HHS is too bureaucratic and has too many challenges to solve problems creatively. Collective wisdom and guidance is to work with other departments that have to solve the healthcare crisis quickly and on their own and ones that are not bogged down in status quo. The list of other departments is illustrative ? Department of Defense, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Veteran Administration, and state departments of human services (as opposed to health and human services). Perhaps in recognition of the federal government?s inability to solve the problem, Congress authorized and appropriated federal money to go from HHS to fund state projects intended to experiment with solutions.  

We can solve our healthcare crisis by respecting the power of shock and dismay and status quo and putting our faith in the power of capitalism.  You are the supply-side of healthcare business. No one reacts quicker to an opportunity to make money than American businessmen and women. Let classic capitalism work freely. If freedoms of healthcare practice and choice and healthcare transparency result in better and cheaper healthcare, the American public will demand them. If new or even status quo businesses conclude that they can make money with these freedoms and transparency, they will provide them with or without government action.   

For analogy, global warming is another subject or crisis area of which the American public is aware. Did the U.S. Government lead the nation?s response to a global outcry (Kyoto treaty) ? NO! Instead, the American public decided that energy conservation and reduced emissions are in their best interests and American business has responded to meet the demand. Now, even as our federal government remains inactive, states are leading the way with new legislation and our buying habits are changing (for example, we are buying new florescent lights instead of incandescent lights). Businesses are profiting from being ?Green? and are selling ?Green?. Make healthcare freedoms and transparency the new Green. 

ABC Codes concluded a long time ago that they would provide freedom of healthcare practice and choice.  Their codes and eClaim.biz are tools to empower you to be competitive and they need to be used.  What might the impact be? ABC Codes and eClaim.biz are innovative technologies that will solve the healthcare crisis (see Dr. Clayton Christensen of the Harvard Business School and author of ?The Innovators Dilemma? and ?The Innovators Solution? in a interview with Mark Smith from the California HealthCare Foundation).