The healing of America

a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care

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T. R. Reid: The healing of America (2009, Penguin Press)

277 pages

English language

Published 2009 by Penguin Press.

ISBN:
978-1-59420-234-6
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OCLC Number:
314597097

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Bestselling author T. R. Reid guides a whirlwind tour ofsuccessful health care systems worldwide, revealing possible pathstoward U.S. reformIn The Healing of America, New York Timesbestselling author T. R. Reid shows how all the otherindustrialized democracies have achieved something the UnitedStates can’t seem to do: provide health care for everybody at areasonable cost.In his global quest to find a possible prescription,Reid visits wealthy, free market, industrialized democracieslike our own—including France, Germany, Japan, the U.K.,and Canada—where he finds inspiration in example. Reidshares evidence from doctors, government officials, health careexperts, and patients the world over, finding that foreign healthcare systems give everybody quality care at an affordable cost.And that dreaded monster “socialized medicine”turns out to be a myth. Many developed countries provideuniversal coverage with private doctors, private hospitals, andprivate insurance.In addition to long-established systems, Reid alsostudies countries that have carried out major health carereform. The first question facing these countries—and theUnited States, …

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Subjects

  • Medical policy -- United States
  • Health care reform -- United States
  • Medical care -- United States
  • Delivery of Health Care -- United States
  • Developed Countries -- United States
  • Health Care Reform -- United States
  • Universal Coverage -- United States