Jules Molenda: Health care should be our top concern

When I was about 8 years old, I fell down a steep flight of stairs in our home. A half-century later, I can still recall the pleasant sensation of flying (sort of) mixed with terror at what I suspected would be an unhappy conclusion to the trip.

But it turned out to be the sort of fall a youngster's pliable bones can endure - a similar fall today and I'd likely break my neck.