Great post till the last sentence. But that sentence is doozy.
It's OK, we just need to try to continue to redesign our medical system with that in mind.
"We"? "continue to redesign?" - I'd never question that health care is being constantly redesigned. But given that the present situation is product of the previous redesignings, would not you say that the "they (big pharma, etc)" redesigning to keep their profits and influence up has so-far outpaced, beaten "us" redesigning? That the continuing process is broken, that if "we" is patients or doctors or whoever is most concerned with patients' well-being, "we" have to get off our duffs and do something if we are going have even a modest expectation of positive outcomes here?
It's OK, we just need to try to continue to redesign our medical system with that in mind.
"We"? "continue to redesign?" - I'd never question that health care is being constantly redesigned. But given that the present situation is product of the previous redesignings, would not you say that the "they (big pharma, etc)" redesigning to keep their profits and influence up has so-far outpaced, beaten "us" redesigning? That the continuing process is broken, that if "we" is patients or doctors or whoever is most concerned with patients' well-being, "we" have to get off our duffs and do something if we are going have even a modest expectation of positive outcomes here?