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The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care
- Title
- The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care / T.R. Reid.
- Author
- Reid, T. R.
- Publication
- New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
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Details
- Description
- 277 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 10-4199
- ISBN
- 9781594202346
- 1594202346
- LCCN
- 2009009555
- OCLC
- 314597097
- Author
- Reid, T. R.
- Title
- The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care / T.R. Reid.
- Imprint
- New York : Penguin Press, 2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 10-4199