Title:
The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care / T.R. Reid.
Author:
Reid, T. R., author.
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Books, 2010.
Call Number:
RA395 .A3 R435 2010
Abstract:
"New York Times"--Bestselling author Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies have achieved something the U.S. can't seem to do: provide health care for everybody at a reasonable cost.
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ISBN:
9780143118213
9781594202346
Physical Description:
290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
General Note:
"With an explanation of the 2010 health reform bill"--Cover.
With a new afterword.
Contents:
Prologue: A moral question -- A quest for two cures -- Different models, common principles -- The paradox -- France : The vital card -- Germany : applied Christianity? -- Japan : Bismarck on rice -- The U.K. : universal coverage; no bills -- Canada : sorry to keep you waiting? -- Out of pocket -- Too big to change? -- An apple a day -- The first question -- Major surgery -- Appendix: The best health care system in the world.
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