Health Plan we can agree on

Nearly everyone can agree on some things to be in a health plan, such as including all who want to be included, costs be contained or lowered, quality be maintained or bettered, and that we get the benefit of the latest research and drugs. How can any of this be done without increasing costs or limiting services to some, probably the elderly on medicare. Can we expect doctors, hospitals and drug companies to lower their charges? Can we count on insurance companies to give up their profits? Yes, it is easy to outline what we would like to have in a health plan but not easy to come up with a way to get it done. We can become more efficient in some things, such as better use of expensive diagnostic tools, but health care is going to continue to take a big chunk out of our gross national product.