The Healing Of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

Abstract

"With an explanation of the 2010 health reform bill"--Cover. With a new afterword. "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. 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.