Healthcare Is a Limited Commodity: How Can Providers Distinguish Themselves?

For decades, the United States has struggled with a healthcare paradox: We spend twice as much on health as similar countries yet rank last in health outcomes. The nature of healthcare in this country is a significant question behind that quandary: Is it a right of every citizen and hence a government cost, or is it a luxury reserved for those rich enough to pay it?

Healthcare appears to be less of a right or luxury and more of a com....