See Table 1.4 about relative rankings of countries with regard to performance of health care systems. Despite very high income levels in our country compared to the rest of the world, try to examine why we rank so much lower in that table?

INTRODUC TABLE 1.4 Ranking of Performance of Health Care Systems, 2000 France Canada Angola Italy Finland Zambia San Marino Australia Lesotho Andorra Chile Mozambique Malta Denmark Malawi Singapore Dominica Liberia Spain Costa Rica Nigeria Oman United States Democratic Republic of Congo Austria Slovenia Central African Republic Japan Cuba Myanmar Source: WHO (2000). A major reason for government intervention is redistributive. The underlying notion is that in just societies, people should have minimal access to certain goods, irrespective of their ability to pay. Historically, such goods were provided by