One of the most innovative ideas that appeared in Patient Power: The Free-Enterprise Alternative to Clinton's Health Plan, a book I wrote in 1993 with Gerry Musgrave, and again in my 2007 study on "Applying the 'Do No Harm' Principle to Health Policy," was a way to slice through a Gordian knot created by five health care mega-trends.
The current state of the U.S. health care system, and the surrounding debate, show it to be as relevant now as ever.