Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Hmmm, US is #1 in...

Old news for many RC readers, but Ezra Klein does a nice job compiling all the data in one place. The article from 3/26 is aptly titled, "21 Graphs That Show America's Health-care Prices Are Ludicrous..." This never gets old, of course. Presentations like Klein's help address the all too common cherry picking where people like to pick certain and rather limited metrics as they attempt to convince others that the US healthcare system rocks.

It doesn't. It stinks. Its way too expensive, its results aren't what you probably think they are and unlike most industrialized countries, we don't cover everyone.

Go read...

Click here...

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/03/26/21-graphs-that-show-americas-health-care-prices-are-ludicrous/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein.

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