Sep 8, 2009 2:56 PM

Matt Taibbi wields the paddle on healthcare reform(ers)

"Let's start with the obvious: America has not only the worst but the dumbest health care system in the developed world."

Matt Taibbi tells us what he really thinks.

Let's start with the obvious: America has not only the worst but the dumbest health care system in the developed world:

via Rolling Stone, and well worth a read.

David Dobbs, author of the Kindle Single bestseller My Mother's Lover, writes features and essays for publications including the Atlantic, the New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Nature, and other publications. He is working on his fourth book, The Orchid and the Dandelion. You also follow his wider wanderings on ... Read More

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