Contents: A Personal take, A personal stake; What is health?; Reluctant healthcare providers; Why are prescription medicines so expensive?; Why do Americans pay more tha can Canadians for drugs?; Welcome competition in healthcare; Health creates wealth: No one left behind; Consumer - driven healthcare: Balancing choice, responsibility, and accountability; The research imperative: The search for cures; Information intensive: Reaping the benefits of technology; Change is possible: Infectious disease and the strucggle for hope; Nex steps: A call to action starts here; The deadline for complaints was yesterday.