The healthcare mess will not get better until we change the medical liability system.  Our healthcare costs are 30% - 40% higher than they should be since we have to pay for lawyers at every step of healthcare.  To protect themselves from the sleazy lawyers healthcare providers, be it nurses, doctors or hospitals, have to run extra tests for every patient.  And when someone is perceived to be wronged, they enter into the health litigation lottery hoping to strike it rich.  Well, we have to pay for the lottery and the lawyers who win every time.  Until Democrats and Republicans can break free from the trail lawyers, the American people will continue to get the shaft.