As with other American pathologies (like, say, internet access), US health care is more expensive and less effective than rivals (however, it is more *lucrative* than those systems).

And yet...the US health insurance system keeps finding new depths of sleaze to plumb. From #PatrickMRucker, #DorisBurke and #DavidArmstrong for #CapitolForum and @ProPublica: a deeply reported story of the worst doctors in America and their indispensable role for insurers:

https://www.propublica.org/article/malpractice-settlements-doctors-working-for-insurance-companies

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Doctors With Histories of Big Malpractice Settlements Now Work for Insurers

Doctors working for health insurers can rule on 10,000 or more requests for care a year. At least a dozen were hired by major insurance companies after being disciplined by state medical boards or making multiple or outsized malpractice payments.

ProPublica