HEALTHCARE REFORM:
Dishonor Roll
U.S. health system's grade knocked down to a D.
A new study from The Commonwealth Fund, a foundation focused on improving healthcare access, quality, and efficiency, downgrades the U.S. health system to a score of 65 out of 100. That compares to a 67 in 2006. At the public high school I attended at least, such results would be akin to slipping from a “D+” to “D” student—not exactly the kind of performance we want from the odd medical conglomerate we’ve built over the years to keep us alive and healthy.
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