Paul Krugman doesn't realize it, perhaps because he's such a dogmatic statist, but he makes a powerful case in today's New York Times op-ed column for a withdrawal of government from health care. As long as government is involved in health care, there will be corruption of the sort Krugman identifies. See here. By the way, does anybody know what happened to the New York Times Link Generator? I can't get to the site anymore. I thought this was something supplied (or at least endorsed) by the Times. Perhaps I was wrong about that.