Government benchmarking?

Jakob Heidbrink – Meddelanden från juridikens maskinrum: "Överslagsvis är alltså en knapp åttondedel av alla grundskolor friskolor, och dessas elever är alltså knappt femtio procent bättre än de kommunala skolorna: tror någon att vårt utbildningsproblem eller vårt skatteproblem ligger i vinstutdelningen till friskolornas aktieägare? Jämtin fuskar i sin argumentation, och hon gör det så dåligt att 15 minuters research på nätet leder en rätt."

I have followed the debate Carin Jämtin started a few days ago and Heidbrink is the only one that has pointed out that the "friskolor" performs better than those of the commune. In Sweden we apparently currently have a system that is benchmarked on how the government performs. Private activity goes in and makes a buck on the funds the government think is reasonable to pay. I see no problem with this. On the contrary it may be the best way historically to work health care, schools and general care. Starting by government benchmarking and then work from there with improvements.

The reason I'm bringing this up is that the US have a health care system, that started with private care, have ended up being twice as expensive. Some people even claim that the system is running amok and that it is currrently failing. The main argument for the American health care system was apparently to maintain patient-physician relationships. In Sweden the "husläkarreform", or house physician reform, has taken care of this problem as well.