The more I think about the healthcare problem in the United States, the more it appears to be a Gordian knot. The author doesn't explicitly call for any policy

The more I think about the healthcare problem in the United States, the more it appears to be a Gordian knot. The author doesn't explicitly call for any policy proposal, rather he wishes some medically informed patient into existence. This effectively turns the doctor-patient relationship on its head, but, unfortunately, it seems reasonable to do so, given the opioid epidemic. I don't want to have to know as much as my doctor, I just want them to tell me how to fix it, and I am willing to bet most people largely feel the same. On the other hand, I can hardly imagine that decreased consumption of healthcare isn't going to cause corporations to recoup lost profits elsewhere, so I'm not sure if the long-run is particularly different from the author's suggestion. In short: indecision.