Politicians are posturing: The ‘pain’ of health care – and the search for a ‘cure’

The reality of life is that none of us is getting any younger. At some point, even the most sturdy among us will need to see the doctor. Then comes the headache of dealing with the insurance paying for our checkup, and then there are the co-pays and the out-of-pocket costs and trying to figure out the subsidies. It can all be confusing, frustrating and expensive.

The promise was that it was all supposed to become easier under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare.

Before Obamacare...