Ragged Clown

It's just a shadow you're seeing that he's chasing…


Nov
5
2009

Sorry, Slovenia!

Nicholas Kristoff felt obliged to apologize for comparing The Best Health Care System in the World to Slovenia’s.

In several columns, I’ve noted indignantly that we have worse health statistics than Slovenia. For example, I noted that an American child is twice as likely to die in its first year as a Slovenian child. The tone — worse than Slovenia! — gravely offended Slovenians. They resent having their fine universal health coverage compared with the notoriously dysfunctional American system.

As far as I can tell, every Slovenian has written to me. Twice. So, to all you Slovenians, I apologize profusely for the invidious comparison of our health systems. Yet I still don’t see anything wrong with us Americans aspiring for health care every bit as good as yours.

Read today’s column for a good summary of whythe best system in the world is…. well… not.