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

By Reid , T. R

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Usa, Inc.;Penguin Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781101130100, 1101130105, 9781101132623, 1101132620, 9781101133460, 1101133465, 9781101458990, 1101458992
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
436 kB (446445 bytes)
Pages
277 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Delivery of Health Care--United States;Developed c

Description

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.;"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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