ObamaCare: To Be Or Not To Be and What Should It Be?

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

Hamlet
ObamaCare: to be or not to be, that is the question.

It is question that haunts Democrats and taunts Republicans.

It is a question that will be a central issue in the 2016 presidential campaign.

It is a question with no easy answers which can never be completely answered.

It is a question I have addressed in over 3000 Medinnovation and Health Reform blogs and over a half-dozen books.

It is a question I shall pose in a future book by the same name.

It is a question the Supreme Court has partially answered on four occasions so far with more questions to come.

It is a question of compassion which is contradicted and complicated by rationing with more access for some and less access for others.

It is a question of having enough resources to cover a universal population with universal and inexhaustible demand.

It is a question of innovation and whether innovation can sooth or improve humankind's health enough to make a difference.

It is a question of government command-and-control versus individual- choice-and -freedom.

It is a question of liberal, conservative and independent ideologies.

It is a question of how to treat everyone’s health, which affects all, and end of life care, which shall come to all.

It is a question that involves one man’s legacy and every persons’ health.

It is a question of who is responsible for health - patients, physicians, politicians, our health system, our culture, or our economy.

It is a question of leadership, and whether a modern day Hamlet provides that leadership.

It is a question of if it is not be, what should it be?