America Needs Health Care, Not Sick Care

Year after year, the health-care debate centers on universal coverage.

It's a laudable goal. But all too often, the single-minded focus on this objective is a distraction from achieving what most Americans really want: inexpensive, easy-to-use health insurance. As currently structured, the American system is ill-equipped to provide this.

The solution to this problem is not a government-run health-care bureaucracy. Rather, it's a private insurance system dedicated to more than just treating the sickest among us. Right now, we have a sick-care system. What we need is a health-care system.