Still looking for a free lunch in health care

True or false? It’s less expensive to pay for prevention than to pay for treatment The US spends less on prevention than other rich countries Emergency rooms are overcrowded because that’s where uninsured patients go for care Universal coverage will pay for itself by shifting the uninsured from the emergency room to primary care physician offices You wouldn’t know it from the candidates or even based on common sense, but all of these statements are false. As the Washington Post reveals (In