Call me a consumer — just not a health care consumer

I am a consumer. I buy and consume food, I shop for cheap gas and airline tickets, I browse the shelves at my favorite wine store. But “consumer” just doesn’t capture my relationship with some important things in my life. If you would like to submit a guest column on a health-related topic, please email Elizabeth Hayes at ehayes@bizjournals.com How many of us “consume” fire protection services or police protection services or local elections? Consuming is too narrow a notion to…