5 myths about health care around the world
August 30, 2009 – 11:08 am by JohnThis article by T.R. Reid in the Washington Post was pretty informative. It corrects five myths about provision of medical care and insurance in several developed countries, basically explaining how all of them are better or cheaper than ours. It doesn’t make me enthusiastic about adding even more government perturbations to our already government-bloated health care system, but it is a reminder that not all government policies are created equal and that there is a spectrum from unpreferable to bad to worse among government programs. I have a feeling that the book his article is based on will be a good source of information in the continuation of the battle over health care in the coming years. One thing I bet he leaves out: there is no such thing as a middle-of-the-road policy; government intervention always begets more government intervention. It’s just a matter of time.
