Sick Around the World -- the response of universal health care?
Posted by tom | Nov 13, 2009
The other night Theresa and I watched Frontline's Sick Around the World.
We found the material which it presented quite helpful and wondered if anyone else saw it or would be interested in watching it to let us know their thoughts. If you haven't seen the show, it can be
found in full (and free) on-line:
Note: In case you're not familiar with T.R. Reid, he is a veteran foreign correspondent for The Washington Post,
a commentator for National Public Radio and the author of nine books, including
three in Japanese. He is currently working on his 10th book, The Healing of
America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care (Penguin Press, 2009).
In addition, if you'd like to explore more of Reid's thoughts on health care, visit:
- Frontline (text) interview: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/etc/notebook.html
- Four health care systems, excerpt from T.R. Reid's The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care (Penguin Press, 2009): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/countries/models.html
- Ancient Health Care in the Nation of India, http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india701/
