The cost of health care is one of the most vexing problems facing Americans. Almost 20% of our GDP, the goods and services produced in the U.S. is spent on hospitals, doctors, drugs, rehab and the administration of the “system” at a cost that is 50% to 100% higher than other industrialized nations. Recent discussion has focused on the Affordable Care Act subsidies or health savings accounts, tweaks that are unlikely to change this fact. In a series of pieces, Lewiston Tribune columnists John Rusche and Mark Sherry will explore the American health care system, other systems used elsewhere and...