Unfortunately, that promise was abandoned from the outset.  I was dismayed when during the breakout session on costs we were subjected to a facile, factually challenged, one-sided advertisement for the status-quo, the United States’ For-Profit Sick Care system.  This mutated evolution in “health care delivery” has been abandoned by EVERY developed nation as being unworkable and antithetical to the Public’s health.

It would have been WONDERFUL to have been able to have a rational
discussion of the merits/demerits of our existing, failing health care
delivery and financing system, how and why other countries do it much
better and together craft a pathway to enable us to join the healthy
developed nations with a sustainable, affordable, effective new system
of heath promotion.

I look forward to participating in such an effort if it ever happens.