To answer your question about the Republican plan, it doesn’t change anything. Refer back to my list of reasons why health care costs are out of control and tell me how it addresses any of those near the top? Health care needs a full blown reform and not a band-aid approach. Not to mention, coverage is a serious issue and needs to be addressed. I read the House GOP plan and was equally as unimpressed as the plan that passed. The only difference is the cost (which I’m not underestimating but simply want a good plan rather than trying to decide the better of two bad plans).

I still say the German health care model is what we should be seeking. It fits our system well and addresses both cost and coverage. As much of a free market advocate as I am, I maintain that it just doesn’t work in health care because of the ten reasons listed above. Government needs to regulate the industry by creating a level playing field and protecting individual rights but keeping the industry open for competition and free of inefficiencies. The German system does just that and is what I’d like to see transitioned into our way of providing care.