On the American Health Care 'Nonsystem'

Ezra Klein has a solid analysis of the latest Commonwealth Fund report on American health care.  He misses what are a few paramount problems, IMO, such as the misallocation of resources to public health and preventive medicine, but the whole post is generally worth reading.

Excerpt:

How good is American health care? The developed world is full of alternative models, fully functioning structures that can be viewed as little experiments, the outcomes of which should inform our policies. If our system outperforms its competitors, than we should amplify what sets us apart and pushes us ahead. If we under-perform, we should take a hard look at whether our model really is superior. And luckily, we have the data.

Recommended.