Bob Somerby has a question about Finland:

As we’ve noted, every journalist flies to Finland to examine its high-scoring (middle-class) schools. This furthers a preferred press corps narrative: Our own public schools are a mess!

But please note: No one has ever flown to Finland to explore a second question: How do they provide health care at such a very low cost? Here are the OECD data for the U.S. and Finland:

   Total spending on health care, per person, 2007:
   United States: $7285
   Finland: $2900

How weird! Why does no one fly to Finland to examine this major achievement?

Click the link for the answer. I think it's about right.

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