With President-elect Biden setting up his team and preparing his luggage for a 4-year stay at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave it is important to look not just at the policies that he is likely to pursue but also at the ideas behind those policies. And one of the issues at the top of his list is certain to be health care. While it is not yet known whether he will merely pursue a public option – or a single-payer solution, both directions ignore the patient-physician relationship.
