TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reid,T.R.
TI  - The healing of America: a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care 
SN  - 9781594202346
AV  - RA395.A3 R435 2009
U1  - 362.10973 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Health care reform
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Delivery of Health Care
KW  - Developed Countries
KW  - Health Care Reform
KW  - Universal Coverage
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -