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

Reid, T. R.
2009
RA395.A3 R435 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care / T.R. Reid.
Author
Reid, T. R.
ISBN
9781594202346
1594202346
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
Language
English
Description
277 pages ; 25 cm
Call Number
RA395.A3 R435 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.10973
Summary
"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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.
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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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