The health care debate has begun, and most of the current debate centers around the concept of universal coverage, private vs. public insurance, and mandates. These are the “sexy” parts of the debate, but sometimes it causes us to miss the larger point: health care as a whole, is broken.
Let’s start with the obvious, and it’s something people rarely think about unless it happens to them: it’s hard to find a doctor on the weekend unless you go to urgent care or the ER.
Now I know everyone loves the weekend, and everyone deserves a break, but something has to be done to improve the quality and availability of care not just on the weekend, but in general. This is just another health care story:
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