Wednesday, April 14, 2010

David Frum's blog, FrumForum.com...

...is rapidly rising on my list of daily must-reads. Frum is what used to be called a "moderate Republican," or what I would now call a "Democrat."

Frum had a post a few days ago with the title, "Healthcare in Freedom Land," in which he reports that:

The new Heritage Freedom Index ranks Hong Kong #1 in the world for economic freedom.

Also:

The world’s freest economy has universal, mandatory, single-payer health insurance, cushioned by flexible and widely available private insurance. It’s not a perfect system, but it does deliver the 5th longest life-expectancy on earth (almost 3 more years of life expectancy than the U.S. system), and significantly superior infant mortality. And I think we can safely acquit the people of Hong Kong of any interest in socialism whatsoever.

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