Opinions: August 20, 2018

Healthcare delivery is hugely expensive and a lightning rod of division. Yet much of healthcare is delivered by government Medicare, Medicaid, VA.

I might support German, Israeli, Canadian type health systems. Not VA type.  Deductions from age 18. Government pays for pills, hospitals, doctors who bid. But I’d also have more hospital competition. Stop local mergers. Bring in out of 1.1 million legal immigrants, 50,000 qualified foreign doctors and nurses who work in remote areas for citizenship. Must preserve competition innovation. Our healthcare system is now the best in the world for most people.  I would not change it without proper funding and a lot of due diligence.