An extremely interesting and important report on the health care system in the United States has come out. A Case of Neglect was published in the February issue of "Governing" - a monthly magazine for state and local government officials. The report concludes that: "Medicine in the United States is enjoying a surge of innovation and creativity that promises continuing improvements in everyday life for millions of people — but it is being thwarted by federal and state health care systems incapable of delivering those improvements fairly and consistently to much of the American public. To be blunt, Americans are living with first-rate medicine and a third-rate health care system. And the problem is getting worse instead of better." The individual reports not only focus on what has gone wrong - but also what some states have been able to do to correct the problems identified. "Success stories" are sprinkled among the six main areas of the report: public health, mental health, long term care, children's care, prescription drugs, and insurance coverage.