Smells fishy to me.

Oh, I see it is yet another biased report from the Commonwealth Fund. Supposedly, health care in the US languishes in last place when compared with Germany, Britain, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Australia.

First, I note that it is odd that France has been most obviously left out. Second, I note that the study fails to include such measures as cancer survival rates. Instead, the study looks at the following: "quality, efficiency, access to care, equity and the ability to lead long, healthy, productive lives." So far, every single one of those measures has been fairly subjective in studies. My definition of quality is different than Karen Davis', but that subjectivity is simply taken as fact in this article. Third, I find it very suspicious that Britain ranked first. Especially when Congress is busy trying to question Obama's pick for CMS director, Don Berwick, who is inclined to praise the British system of rationing. Anyone else find this suspect?