Orange County Register

From Mark Landsbaum:

You may have seen the damning report from the Commonwealth Fund that compared the U.S. medical system with five other wealthy nations’ systems in Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and Great Britain, and concluded that: “Despite having the most costly health system in the world, the United States consistently underperforms.”

It’s always instructive to check out the grading system for built-in bias. John Stossel did.

Stossel notes that the authors write, “The U.S. is the only country in the study without universal health insurance coverage, partly accounting for its poor performance on access, equity, and health outcomes.”

“I see,” writes Stossel. “America ‘underperforms’ because we don’t have enough government intervention.”

It’s soooo instructive to know the measurement standards when evaluating a grading system.  

As Stossel goes on to note: “Insured Americans have almost immediate access to cutting-edge procedures performed by some of the best-trained doctors. It’s why our outcomes for such diseases as prostate and breast cancer are markedly better than in Canada’s and Britain’s socialized systems. The Commonwealth Fund doesn’t mention that.”

To get Stossels’ frull critique of the Commonwealth Fund’s biased view of American health care, go here. It’s worth the click, just to put the socialist-preference into perspective.

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