Forbes June 13, 2019
John C. Goodman

We must make it profitable to treat sick patients.

Of all the things we might do to improve our health care system, the one reform that is more important than any other is almost never discussed.

It is ignored by Republicans. By Democrats. By the experts. By the think tanks. And by just about everybody who has an opinion on health policy.

Here it is: If we want the system to work well, we must make it profitable to take care of sick people.

Profitable to whom? Profitable to everyone whose services are needed. To doctors. To hospitals. And most important of all, to the “third party payers”: insurance companies, employers and government...

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