One additional suggestion for federal health policy reform efforts: to ensure that these efforts are successful, the government ought to establish a ten-year committee to analyze the problem.
The committee will issue 2 reports at five-year intervals. It will be evenly bipartisan and should reflect the perspective of every stakeholder (doctor, nurse, worker, consumer, for-profit business owner, administrator, policymaker, family member, etc.)
The first five year report will serve as a Mid-Term Report, and provide hints about the contours of the second, final report. The Final Report may also recommend an additional ten-year period, which could itself be extended. Each report should be drafted by the same unpaid intern.
Questions to be addressed include: What is every possible angle on the problem? Is there a problem? Is a solution necessary? If it will always be broke, should we fix it?
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