A Second Opinion on U.S. Health Care Costs

Here’s a great article from the New England Journal of Medicine. It’s titled Market-Based Failure — A Second Opinion on U.S. Health Care Costs. There are many assertions about why our health care costs are so high. This article highlights one that we all suspected.

The assertion, "our unique, pervasive commercialization," is a practice I find repulsive. It's time to replace those in leadership positions that abuse the trust they have been given. The article says that companies and industries are responsible but we forget that its people in leadership positions in the companies and industries that make the decisions, determine policy, and establish the standards.

When you take a leadership position and have the power to affect people's lives you accept a responsibility; you are entrusted with the welfare of other people. That’s stewardship. You can choose to be a good or a bad steward. Often being a good steward takes a lot of courage.