oh a link from hankrearden i'm sure this is fair and balanced hmm let's take two seconds to check out this 'manhattan institute'...

The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a free market

oh whoa a libertarian whateverthefuck they want to call themselves who could have guessed

OMG RESEARCHERS HAVE OPINIONS! WTF!

There is no conclusions in that link whatsoever, other than the conclusion that much-cited healthcare rankings are probably not very useful. It does not make a claim regarding the benefits or detriments of any particular healthcare scheme.

But yes, you're right. The Manhattan Institute is a free-market think tank. I had professors in college who were avowed marxists. Does that make their work invalid?

'I had professors in college who were avowed marxists. Does that make their work invalid?'

All opinions are equally valid--it's just that some opinions are more equally valid than others.

Thanks for that explainification, Loki. I feel validified.

The medicinal science in the USA is second to none; if you wanted to be cured of a rare disease or some crazy surgery the USA has the best facilities. The reason US health care ranks so poorly is because of it's expense and lack of accessibility, not it's raw medicinal prowess. The article seems to confuse this a bit.
When you take the statistics from the whole country, it looks terrible because only a tiny fraction of the population makes much use of our ridiculously expensive system while everyone else is fat, sick, and poor.