Health reform: One way capitalism can make health care worse and more expensive | The Economist

This post illustrates Jonathan Chait's point that being a west coast blogger is easy because all you have to do is wait til 9 PM Pacific Time when NY Times op-eds are published then point out for the umpteenth time what an airhead David Brooks is. Here's one more piece of evidence on Brooks' latest lament that government insurance can't deliver health care efficiently.

Health reform: One way capitalism can make health care worse and more expensive | The Economist: "Why do we think that a system in which ads for Claritin are all over the subways will generate better overall health results than one where a national review board determines whether Claritin delivers treatment outcomes for some populations sufficiently superior to justify its added expense over similar generics? What do we expect from a system in which, as ProPublica reports today, body imaging companies hire telemarketers to sell random people CT scans over the phone?"