If We would Lower Medical Expenses, We must Simplify

   That which is easy is that which we do. The difficult does not get done. There is a lesson in this for those who would have lower medical prices. 
   A comment is posted on Facebook, by one Raymond Ward, saying, in part, "My two cents in this: pharmaceutical prices will never come down appreciably until the FDA process for getting generics (especially biologics) onto the market is made much easier and transparent."
   Seeing much wisdom in what Raymond Ward says, I write back: "Wisdom there. That which is simple is that which we do. If the generics process is not easy to understand, no one will follow it. If it is easy, though, it will be a door everyone rushes through. The same could probably be said of our whole medical establishment. If we made it easy to compete, we would have more competition."
  So, perhaps the best proposal of all on what we should do to bring down our medical bills is hidden in the comment from Raymond Ward.
   What is the old quote -- "Keep it simple, stupid"? While we spin our heads out of control trying to come up with ways to lower costs, we are perhaps being a little bit stupid by not seeing that the answer is simply to simplify the processes.