text: The rest of the modern industrialized world watches in amazement as the United 
  States exhibits its complete and utter disunity and incompetence in the face of obvious reality.
  
  Health care doesn't have to be this hard. In 2017 only Americans would choose to make it so hard. Meanwhile all of its other problems fester.
  
  Greatness must wait until after it finds a way to avoid awfulness, if it can. This is not a nation that anyone should hold as a model.