Single-payer, shmingle-payer, the only healthcare reform that will work in the long run is providing incentives and rewards for preventive medicine and lifestyle changes. Which goes back to issues with consumption of various kinds. Want to see people's health improve dramatically by the millions while drastically reducing gasoline use? Subsidize sales of that 3-wheeler moped I saw a few minutes ago and figure out a way to offer MORE rewards if you use the pedal part of the moped on a regular basis.
Seriously, outside-the-box thinking is called for here, folks, and while I doubt if this particular idea what sell, its the *kind* of idea that has to be implemented or we're, well, just spinning our wheels.
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