After a year of political wrangling and two thousand-page bills that promise more than they can deliver, it is time for a more prudent approach to health care reform. Americans made it clear that they will not tolerate a top-down health reform that further centralizes power and decision making in Washington. They distrust the promises of lower cost and more secure coverage, and they fear losing what they have now. A new approach to reform is needed, one that levels with the American people about what is possible and what is necessary. AEI scholars Joseph Antos and Thomas P. Miller outline what should be done to reform the U.S. health system in their AEI Special Report, "A Better Prescription," available here.