THE HILL: Don’t just prop up a failing health care system — reform it to focus on patients
Lawmakers have returned to Washington amid cries to “fix our health care system.” They must be careful not to double down on failed policies.
Americans are struggling with rising costs of care and lack of access to providers thanks to decades of industry consolidation and government control. Yet some policymakers insist that taking more control away from patients is the right solution.
Our health care crisis is not the result of too little spending or too little regulation. It is the predictable outcome of a system that routes trillions of dollars through government and corporate intermediaries while deliberately excluding patients from price, choice and control.
The most important relationship in health care is between patients and their doctors. Bureaucrats disrupt that relationship. Here are some pointers to limit their overreach in 2026.