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http://gladwell.typepad.com/gladwellcom/2006/02/gladwell_
v_gopn.html Malcolm Gladwell (in his new blog!) retracts almost everything he said in favour of the American healthcare system in a 2000 debate on the relative merits of the Canadian and American systems: “I now agree with virtually everything Adam said and disagree with virtually everything I said.” This is nice, because I avoided posting this because I thought Gladwell didn’t make a very good case. (In particular, his argument that young men don’t need healthcare. “I have never bought the argument that the American system is all that bad for poor men. I think it’s fine for poor men. Remember, men don't need health care until they’re middle-aged. If you look at the population of people in America who are uninsured, they’re all young. There aren't old people on that list. And it is not a bad thing for a 25-year-old male not to have health insurance.”) 08:17