So believe me when I tell you how refreshing it is to hear about the Republican from Georgia –Tom Price — who's been trying to get his alternative heard for four years now. He wants to see interstate competition, tort reform and tax credits.

Or the Republican from Nebraska — Lee Terry — who just this month proposed his own alternate health reform idea at a town hall meeting back home. He wants an expansion of his own health plan, as a member of Congress, extended to everyone. Of course, that would include private exchanges and subsidies.

And I'm sure both of these gentlemen will earn their fair share of naysayers, but we've got to start somewhere past the point of "No."

It's a given some sort of reform is needed — and has been since before Richard Nixon brought it up on the campaign trail decades ago. We need better access that matches our defense of  "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." We need to address costs that defy any conventional wisdom of modern economics. And we need to improve outcomes that don't reflect our investment in the system. And we need to hold up all three of these pillars within the context of the free market system that's the standard bearer across the globe.

I'm tired of being so cynical, but, damn, why is it so hard for us all to come together with the realization that its in our own self-interest to have a country full of healthy employees, consumers and voters?

All I ask is that we maybe consider health care reform — or even health insurance reform — beyond the confines of credits, subsidies or even employers. Is it really so radical to suggest that maybe we should start thinking about addressing costs rather than throwing more money at a system that seems to gobble it up faster than we can print it?