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The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
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T.R. Reid’s The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care was published in 2009 and then rereleased in 2010 with an addendum that addressed the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Reid has worked for many years as a foreign correspondent for The Washington Post and was former chief of the newspaper’s Tokyo and London bureaus.
Reid used the travel opportunities that his work offered to travel the world in search of the best solution for the problem of his stiff shoulder. Reid first visited an American doctor who recommended a total shoulder arthroplasty—an invasive surgery that would have cost tens of thousands of dollars and that might not have increased the range of motion in Reid’s shoulder.
Reid next set out to other countries—France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, and Canada—where he consulted with doctors. During these visits, he examined the models of health care offered in each country. France, Germany, and Japan operate their health care systems according to the Bismarck model with some variations, including more insurance fund options in some countries than in others. Great Britain’s National Health Service is based on the Unlock all 56 pages of this Study Guide Plus, gain access to 8,900+ more expert-written Study Guides. Including features:
