Joe Conason asks why every civilized nation on this planet (and even some uncivilized ones) has some form of Universal Health Care except the United States. Bill Maher had a good riff on this topic on his show this week. The standard argument against U.H.C. takes the form of people saying they'd rather have medical decisions made by doctors than by bureaucrats. But the way things work in this country now, medical decisions aren't made by doctors or bureaucrats. They're made by insurance companies who are interested in spending as little as possible on us when we're sick. There's gotta be a better way.