Maria Bartiromo isn't a very smart person. She just tried to tell Matt Taibbi on Morning Joe that America has the best healthcare system in the world because people from other nations come here for procedures. Of course this might be true -- for foreigners who can afford our insanely expensive technology and medical services.
Chiming in, John Ridley made the point I've been blogging about for a couple of weeks -- the problem of access. We might -- might -- have the greatest medical technology and greatest doctors in the world, but if a surgery with multiple tests before and after costs tens- if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, who can afford that? Even with insurance, as Taibbi pointed out, eight out of ten medical-related bankruptcies are filed by people with health insurance.