Most people stopped taking the Washington Post opinion section seriously since its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos decided to make it another prop for the Trump administration. But occasionally they even sink below their new low standards. They did so today with two editorials; one denouncing plans for universal Medicare in the U.S. by pointing to problems with the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom, and the other celebrating the backing off of auto mileage standards in the United States and Europe.

Starting with the one trashing the NHS, the Post complains that the UK spends a larger share of its GDP on healthcare than the OECD average but has worse outcomes. This claim is true but is worth some qualifications.

The country that spends by far the largest share of its GDP on healthcare is the United States. We spend 17.2% of GDP on healthcare by the OECD measure, compared to 11.1 percent in the........

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