such books as The Complete Book of Running (772,000 copies sold) and the American Heart Association Cookbook (400,000)-should help dispel them.
Some other statistics may seal the argument. During the 70s, 18 medical schools opened, and total enrollment jumped from 35,000 to nearly 64,000. The number of persons employed in "health services" grew from 4.2 million to more than 7 mil- lion. In terms of total spending, health care became the nation's third largest "industry" (after...