Devastating financial consequences if we don’t control health care costs

"The health care picture of the future isn't (just) cloudy.  There will be devastating financial consequences if we don't hunger down and prepare for a severe fiscal storm." 

So writes John Wasik, a Bloomberg News columnist, in the Boston Globe.  Unless we get costs under control, health care spending will consume 20 percent of U.S. income by 2017.

The road to a solution will merge private and public interests, says Wasik.  It will ensure unviersal access to care, cost control, and long-term financing.