Our health care system is in a state of terrible disarray. If you have gotten to this site, you already know this, but as a medical doctor, I simply want to validate your conclusion. I practiced medicine for twenty years before I became disabled, and so I have seen the problem from both sides. There are a lot of sick people who have become political activists and are trying to further the cause of finding effective treatments. Imagine our entire medical system as a tree.
Most activists take a little piece of a leaf, and work on that.
You see, chronic illness is so complex, that it permeates the whole tree. If a great many people all pull together and attack the roots of the tree, I believe, instead of the leaves, we can solve the problem much faster and more efficiently. And when I say we, I mean the people everywhere that care about getting rid of any illness. That is a very big army. I recently traveled to Washington with a group of activists to attend some meetings and speak to an advisory committee.