Herzlinger affirms Bigby's remarks and discusses the economic reasons why health care must be universal. She says health care is killing the American economy. The public and private sectors in America spend much more on health care, in percentage terms, than other industrialized nations. Insuring sick people is one way of reducing costs because at current costs sick people cannot afford proper coverage. We need a system of universal coverage where the well subsidize the sick. But the sick must have control over who they select as their provider and how much coverage they want for a price they can afford. The government should help people attain coverage, not run the system itself.
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