April 21, 2011 | 09:04 PM

You say of the health care ranking system that "...one of the criteria for determining a country's ranking in the list was a country's ranking on the subject of 'health inequality,' 'responsiveness' and 'fair financing.'"

Isn't this a fairly parallel criterion to price for education? Why is it that you rate price as such a high factor for education and seem to scoff at it as a criterion for health care?

I find it odd that an otherwise thoughtful, interesting piece sticks on this point. Unless - is there something omitted from the article which would indicate that U.S. health care is among the cheapest for the users?

Katie Andrews