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The Healing of America : A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T. R. Reid (2009, Hardcover)

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Bestselling author T. R. Reid guides a whirlwind tour of successful health care systems worldwide, revealing possible paths toward U.S. reform. In The Healing of America, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid shows how all the other industrialized democracies have achieved something the United States can't seem to do: provide health care for everybody at a reasonable cost. In his global quest to find a possible prescription, Reid visits wealthy, free market, industrialized democracies like our own--including France, Germany, Japan, the U.K., and Canada--where he finds inspiration in example. Reid shares evidence from doctors, government officials, health care experts, and patients the world over, finding that foreign health care systems give everybody quality care at an affordable cost. And that dreaded monster "socialized medicine" turns out to be a myth. Many developed countries provide universal coverage with private doctors, private hospitals, and private insurance. In addition to long-established systems, Reid also studies countries that have carried out major health care reform. The first question facing these countries--and the United States, for that matter--is an ethical issue: Is health care a human right? Most countries have already answered with a resolute yes, leaving the United States in the murky moral backwater with nations we typically think of as far less just than our own. The Healing of America lays bare the moral question at the heart of our troubled system, dissecting the misleading rhetoric surrounding the health care debate. Reid sees problems elsewhere, too: He finds poorly paid doctors in Japan, endless lines in Canada, mistreated patients in Britain, spartan facilities in France. Still, all the other rich countries operate at a lower cost, produce better health statistics, and cover everybody. In the end, The Healing of America is a good news book: It finds models around the world that Americans can borrow to guarantee health care for everybody who needs it.

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Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1594202346
ISBN-13
9781594202346
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72682244

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Author
T. R. Reid
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Health Care Delivery, Health Policy
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Genre
Medical
Number of Pages
288 Pages

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9.5in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
18.4 Oz

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Ra395.A3r435 2009
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
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" Important and powerful. .. a rich tour of health care around the world." -- Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times "You don't necessarily realize it while you're reading, but you're talking Comparative Health Economics 101. With a really fun professor. " -- Daily Kos "Not many writers of any ilk... can match T.R. Reid's ability to bring a light, witty touch to really serious topics --like health policy around the globe." -- New America Foundation
Publication Name
Healing of America : a Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2009-009555
Dewey Decimal
362.10973
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes

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by greatoak08034May 25, 2011
Great Writing on Global Healthcare, Ignore the Left-Leaning if You Wish...
An engaging review of health care around the globe. Reid is at his best while waist-deep experiencing regional customs of alternative medicine. His views of American medicine are classic left-wing, however, with all its ideological and funding weaknesses. As a result, there's (unwittingly?) a little bit to make everyone happy. I purchased this book as a course requirement, and it's worthwhile as another take on the U.S. healthcare scene... even if I don't completely agree with all of his conclusions.
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by aspenhavensSep 21, 2009
Why we must have universal coverage
You've heard him on NPR as he has lived around the world and probably read other books by T.R. Reid but this is the author writing from his heart. He strongly believes we have a moral obligation to cover every American, rich or poor. You may agree after reading this highly readable comparisons of how other rich nations have provided better coverage for lower cost than we do in the United States. I decided to buy it because my father has been in and out of hospitals this year and I have witnessed first hand some of the problems faced even by those as well insured as he is. I am not sure how the federal government will try to fix healthcare, much less whether they will succeed. I am sure that there is a problem -- make that a whole LOT of problems there.
5 out of 5 stars
by ferrell32016Jan 07, 2013
Every Senator, Congressman and citizen should read this book.
This man is not a politician he is an expert in the field of health care. He traveled the world visiting successful and less successful medical systems and consolidated all the data into a rational and understandable report. The US wastes, yes throws down the toilet, too many of our medical dollars. Mr Reid visited a well run 300 bed hospital in England and asked to visit with those who handeled insurance claims. He was told "she" was out to lunch. Yes one person handled the whole thing! An equivilant in the US takes 12 people. Every Senator, Congressman and citizen should read this book to learn what options are really worth considering for change to our US healthcare system.
5 out of 5 stars
by fixerdmApr 20, 2017
Great comparative analysis of health care systems worldwide
Lots of info re: how other countries -- developed or not -- have decided to structure their health care systems, and what virtues/disadvantages are typical of each approach.
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by sorcerress1May 01, 2010
The Healing of America by T. R. Reid (2009, Hardcover)
This book is intelligently written. The author uses valid examples to make his point. It would behoove this government of ours to listen instead of quibbling among themselves. The more I see of our administration, the more disheartened I become. Universal health care should be paramount. After all, isn't it "government by the people... for the people"?

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Great Writing on Global Healthcare, Ignore the Left-Leaning if You Wish...

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Every Senator, Congressman and citizen should read this book.

Great comparative analysis of health care systems worldwide

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