By Senator John Carson
It is perhaps a sad commentary in the wake of our nation’s 250th birthday to note even in this hyper-polarized age, one thing nearly every American can agree on is American health care is a mess. But as we look to solutions, it is important to remember where the blame for that lies. Decades of government interventions, mandates and “fixes” made this system what it is, yet the comfortable norm is to blame American business instead.
Here in Colorado, and across the country, we have fallen into a lazy habit: when the price of something goes up, we look for a villain rather than a cause. When egg prices spiked, no serious person suggested we shut down the grocery stores that sold them. The stores were not the reason prices were high. Yet when it comes to health care, we routinely confuse the businesses that deliver a product with the forces that actually drive the cost. The store on the corner is not the disease. It is usually a symptom of policy choices made far upstream.
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