Common sense is the best medicine

Want to fix the high costs of medical provisions and the inherent shortcomings of the Veterans Administration, Public Health Service, military health program, Medicaid, Medicare, Indian Health Service, and Federal Employees Health Benefits?

Think collective bargaining — the strength of 325 million customers, paying directly to providers of medical care rather than to insurance companies, and doctors freed up to provide care without a thought of pre-existing conditions or financial limitations of private coverage.

Forget about deductibles, co-pays, refusal of service, and mountains of paperwork...