Say it ain’t so:

We have two sustainable options: A Medicare-for-all system, like that in Canada, or a socialized system, like that in Britain and our own VA and armed services systems. The latter uses salaried physicians while the former still leaves room for fraud and overuse. In the end, health care can be either a social service or a market commodity, but not both.

But make no mistake about it. Regardless of the system we choose, the public will bear the final costs. The important question is: How long will it take us to fix it the right way? We can fiddle with costly workarounds and ultimately settle on one of the above. Or we can fix it without delay and move on to other national policies that are critical to our nation.