Here I won’t comment directly on the health care “debate” in the USA, not even as a citizen of a country that already has universal health care (i.e., any developed nation other than the USA). Instead, I will just post this clip from New Scientist, which talks about some of the actual data on health care costs and effectiveness.

Here are the links mentioned in the video:

• Explore the graph

• OECD Health Data 2009

• Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care