"U.S. Health Care Lags in Every Area But Cost" (In the News, February) said that "the United States spends more than twice as much on health care per capita as the next highest-paying country," which should have been identified as Canada, not Austria.

In the March Policy and Politics, author John S. Murray's title read "acting consultant to the surgeon general for research and director of education, training, and research for the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical in Bethesda, MD," when he had in fact been confirmed in that post by the secretary of defense and the Senate. In addition, Colonel Murray's new e-mail address is [email protected].