ABSTRACT
Health care systems are among the most complex and comprehensive administrative and policy systems that there are. They are not to be comprehended by looking at any single datum or perspective. They are constantly developing. They are elusive and often misunderstood, that is, they may be mistaken for something they are not, or certain aspects may be overestimated or underestimated. Health care systems are needed, loved, and detested. There is, as a matter of fact, a great deal of misperceptions and misunderstandings when it comes to health care. The recent debate in the United States, to name just one illustrative example, has clouded the issue of health care policy and health care reform in greater mystery than it helped to unravel and reveal new insights to the actual facts.
