" - Daily Kos "Not many writers of any ilk. 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. Reid's ability to bring a light, witty touch to really serious topics-like health policy around the globe." - New America Foundation 9780143118213 -, " Important and powerful. With a really fun professor." - Daily Kos "Not many writers of any ilk. 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. For all the scope of his research and his ability to mint neat rebuttals to the common American misconception that universal health care is “socialized” medicine, Reid neglects to address the elephant in the room: just how are we to sell these changes to the mighty providers and insurers? (Sept."Important and powerful. Seeking treatment for the flareup of an old shoulder injury, he visits doctors in the U.S., France, Germany, Japan and England-with a stint in an Ayurvedic clinic in India-in a quest for treatment that dovetails with his search for a “cure” for America's health-care crisis, a narrative device that sometimes feels contrived, but allows him valuable firsthand experience. not only spends more money on health care than any other nation but also leaves 45 million residents uninsured, allowing about 22,000 to die from easily treatable diseases. Neither financial prudence nor concern for the commonweal explains the American position, according to Reid, whose findings divulge that the U.S. remains the only first world nation to refuse its citizens universal health care.
) explores health-care systems around the world in an effort to understand why the U.S. Correspondent Reid ( The United States of Europe
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