By Joe Conason

‘But perhaps any discussion of healthcare in the developed world ought to begin with a plain fact noted early in this study: Among the OECD’s 30 members — which include Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom — there are only three lacking universal health coverage. The other two happen to be Mexico and Turkey, which have the excuse of being poorer than the rest (and until the onset of the world economic crisis, Mexico was on the way to providing healthcare to all of its citizens). The third, of course, is us.’

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Now that’s something any REAL American should fight for. And Congress people, please continue to ignore the Finnish model of health care. The last thing Americans want is a system that covers everybody, has superior outcomes, produces healthier infants and mothers, costs 40% less per capita, and respects doctors. In fact, maybe Max Baucus, a Stanford-educated lawyer, could write-up some legislation that requires every American to go around in public with a piece of paper taped to their backs that says “Kick me, I’m an American.”