Perspectives on Health Care Reform

When speaking to a colleague about health care reform, Senator Edward Kennedy said, “Look, there are about 15 ways for this to happen. But you'e got to find the one to make it happen” (1). Although most stakeholders agree that U.S. health care is a mess and that we must find a way to substantively reform it, there is little agreement about how to make that happen.

Things might be less daunting if, as Senator Kennedy suggested, there were only 15 potential solutions. On the contrary, it seems that the number of ideas about …