Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The best care money can buy

Wall Street Journal:

During the health-care debate, one damning statistic keeps popping up in newspaper columns and letters, on cable television and in politicians' statements: The U.S. ranks 37th in the world in health care.

The trouble is, the ranking is dated and flawed, and has contributed to misconceptions about the quality of the U.S. medical system.


Lest we contribute to misconceptions about the quality of the U.S. medical system, let it be said that ours is the highest quality system that nobody can afford.

3 comments:

Ethan said...

Are you calling millionaires "no one"? Class warfare!

Fledermaus said...

Shorter wsj: we haven't found a way to manipulate that stat yet. But give us time.

Anonymous said...

dated...because it's been true for a long time.