Now at $2.8 trillion, our health care costs have soared from 5.2% of our GDP in 1960 to 18% today---and still climbing rapidly. They are choking our economy, bankrupting our nation, draining our personal bank accounts and hand-cuffing our employers.
I have concluded that a few forward-thinking CEOs are our best chance of getting out of this mess. Knowing that the Chairman of Ford is an environmentalist who prefers a plant-based diet, I sent him a letter yesterday:
