Opinion
by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
Thursday,
February 15th, 2007
Ten US
Senators, two days ago, wrote a bi-partisan letter to President George W. Bush
saying:
"Each of us believes our
current health system needs to be fixed now. Further delay is unacceptable as
costs continue to skyrocket, our population ages, and chronic illness
increases. In addition, our businesses are at a severe disadvantage when their
competitors in the global market get health care for ?free.?"
I'm going to say this once again - Nobody even tries to hide the fact that
the US Health Care System is broken
beyond repair. There is a lot of finger-pointing going
on, as well there should be.
The US health care system costs too much, it's the top three killers of
Americans, and Americans don't trust it. It
simply doesn't work.
Who's fault is
this? Blame lies
solidly with the management of the US Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS).
Current management is incapable of dealing with health care problems. It
has set up a US Health Care system that doesn't work, and has no chance of
ever working.
Why is
this happening? Because Congress gave
DHHS authority over the "structure" of US Health Care and DHHS
management can't see "the big picture". Every day we sink
deeper into the hole.
What the Senators
said...
Dear Mr. President:
As U.S. Senators of both political parties we
would like to work with you and your Administration to fix the American health
care system.
Each of us believes our current health system
needs to be fixed now. Further delay is unacceptable as costs continue to
skyrocket, our population ages, and chronic illness increases. In addition,
our businesses are at a severe disadvantage when their competitors in the
global market get health care for ?free.?