Two books I’ve read recently provide pretty good perspective on the health care debate — “Nudge,” by Obama advisor Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler and “Better,” by Atul Gawande. Gawande, a New Yorker staff writer, wrote the oft-cited piece about the cost of health care in McAllen, Texas, where Medicaid reimbursements are the highest in the nation but which don’t make the populace any healthier. Both are worth a read because they provide insights on what some of the country’s smartest thinkers think about health care, the insurance markets, and how people respond to them. Enjoy them while BookEnds decides what the next book club choice will be.
