> The article does not say that health care costs cause poor health. It says that we have poor health in spite of our high health care costs. I think the way i

> The article does not say that health care costs cause poor health. It says that we have poor health in spite of our high health care costs. I think the way it's presented in the article ("health outcomes") strongly implies that healthcare quality in the US is not as good as other countries with lower costs.