Arnold Kling is making sense

Arnold Kling, whose writings on health care reform are essential, gets to the heart of the problem with the U.S. health care system in a letter to the Washington Post:

In 1960, 50 percent of personal health-care spending was paid for by patients out of pocket. Today, that figure is about 10 percent. We will never again see a patient-centered system as long as someone else is paying the bills.

Hattip: Cafe Hayek