I got a mailer “News … about changes to your healthcare benefits” from the people who do that stuff for me. In it was this amusing statement:

The idea of change may not be particularly welcome at this moment, when our healthcare system is at a crossroads.

Let’s consider. Traditionally, a crossroads is where you meet the devil when you want to sell your soul. It’s where you bury a vampire after you drive a stake through its cold, black heart. So, yes, I think that’s precisely the right word. Our nation’s healthcare system is certainly at a crossroads.