Charles R. Morris

In the following viewpoint, Charles R. Morris argues that the conventional picture of American health care is completely wrong. Health care is not a drain on the economy; it is a highly productive industry that pays good wages and is needed by everyone, he claims. Health care spending and the economic growth it provides will continue to increase for the next twenty-five years or so, he maintains, because it is driven by baby boomers just entering their health care consuming years. Charles R. Morris is a financial expert and author of opinion pieces appearing in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Atlantic Monthly.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. According to Morris, why is America’s health care bill larger than other...