Unhealthy America

nytimes.com — The moment of truth for health care is at hand, and the distortion that perhaps gets the most traction is this: "We have the greatest health care system in the world. Sure, it has flaws, but it saves lives in ways that other countries can only dream of. Abroad, people sit on waiting lists for months, so why should we squander billions of dollars to mess with a system that is the envy of the world?" That self-aggrandizing delusion may be the single greatest myth in the health care debate.

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