"Could it be that the health care system is at the root of the whole thing?"

The problem is a weed with many roots. Read this thread and you'll find at least a dozen subjects that are contributing factors and need to be addressed. Certainly the health care system sucks but read through the topics here. Perhaps the biggest problem is addressing them all because the task/situation at hand seems kinda' overwhelming. Gotta' start somewhere though and a good start would be health care.

Spaw