King George III is laughing in his grave...

A clear, straightforward Guardian article about the way the U.S. health care effort is being bought and sold. As cvirtue put it, why don't we see these sorts of articles in the U.S. news media?

And on a related note, see this Economist article about how the Netherlands enacted universal health care, without a "public option" but also without all the Rube Goldberg complications currently making their way through Congress.