In early December I spent four days undergoing and recovering from colorectal surgery at one of the Valley¹s premier hospitals. My experience there as a patient provides a fitting basis for these personal year-end reflections on the state of health care in the early 21st Century and where we ought to focus our reform efforts in the decade ahead.

Close out the 2009 year with one patient’s experience in the health care system in this month’s The Drift.