Our health care system is dysfunctional: Here’s how to make America healthy again

American health care is getting more expensive, but Americans aren’t getting healthier. We spend $4.8 trillion annually on health care —  more than any other country —  only to have some of the worst health outcomes in the developed world.

Spending more money on government programs is not the solution. What we need is a fundamental paradigm shift toward health care freedom. We spend three times more per capita than Italy on health care, the average American lifespan is five ye...