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The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care /

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"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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reid, T. R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Medical policy > United States.
Health care reform > United States.
Medical care > United States.
Delivery of Health Care.
Developed Countries.
Health Care Reform.
Universal Coverage.
United States.
Table of 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.