More care does not equal better care. A journalist sees first-hand the fundamental problem of American health care:

I wondered, as I sat there, if I was witnessing a key problem with our increasingly-costly health care system: Patients with insurance don’t have to weigh the actual cost of most procedures against the likelihood of benefit.

This point was part of a recent ABC News documentary by Peter Jennings that aired after his death from cancer. Medical care is one of the few products we purchase without a price tag attached. Patients simply want to know if a procedure is covered. If it is, patients assume more medical care — and more expensive medical care — is better care.

But Jennings found that’s not always true. A Dartmouth Medical School study suggested more medical care often leads to worse outcomes. And while we all love to blame insurance companies for skyrocketing costs, the real reason we’re paying so much more is that we are using so much more care.