ABC News November 20, 2017
This is the first article in a five-part series.
When it comes to health care in the U.S., I have no idea what’s going to happen in the next five years — but I think I know what’s going to happen in 10 years.
That sweeping prediction stems from several decades of reporting on health care issues as medical editor for ABC News from 1984 to 2009. During that time, I slowly became aware of the fact that health care policy decisions were becoming as important as new medical discoveries in shaping the health of Americans.
One episode in particular opened my eyes to the idea that maybe we Americans could learn from other countries — and that American health...