Reinventing: The American way?

This past week has been eventful, our tiny world is again on the edge of disaster. In Iran the people are angry with the outcome of the election. North Korea is threatening the whole world with nuclear warfare. African nations are waking up and looking at how they are governed and how they fit into a shrinking world. Here at home we are still struggling with the depression, yes this is a depression, no matter what the media tells us things are not getting better for everyone. Our unemployment levels continue to rise, foreclosures will continue to rise and healthcare reform is still only being talked about. Iran is on the brink of a civil war caused by the fraudulent election returns. We are on the brink of a revolution, not a violent one, but a huge change in how we live and how we do our daily tasks.
Gas prices go up, jobs are fewer and pay less, food costs are increasing, health care costs become prohibitive for those without jobs or on fixed incomes. Just a few of the things that are cause for concern.
Our health care system sucks! It is expensive. It is not the best care just the most costly.
I heard this week that" we need to find a uniquely American solution to our healthcare crisis", we already have a uniquely American solution and it doesn't work.
It is time to look at how our allies in Europe and elsewhere manage healthcare and for us to implement the best system here. It might be counter to what we have always had but it might be better. If we always do what we always did we will always get what we always got.
It is time to stop reinventing things to be uniquely American.
It is not weakness to accept that someone else may have a better way of doing it, it is wisdom.