David Goldhill chronicles in How American Health Care Killed My Father the problems in the healthcare system leading to his father's death by a preventable hospital-borne infection. It's an excellent survey piece, whether or not you ...

'How American Health Care Killed My Father'. A businessman whose father was killed by an infection acquired at the hospital, argues that Obama is going about health care reform all wrong, and he cites Atul Gawande's push for medical checklists: About a week after my father's .... Furthermore, while the libertarian argument is not without merit, the real crux of the whole healthcare debate is that you cannot view health care as a normal consumer good. It's a moral issue . ...