![]() His vignettes of some of the important, colorful figures who shaped national health care systems, such as Germany’s Iron Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, also add zest.īut where Reid succeeds in the journalist’s metier - stories about personal encounters and people - he overreaches when he attempts to weave these episodes into a compelling comparison of the value for money of different health care systems. The cures he encounters range from a Tibetan-style urine tasting and Ayurvedic therapy in India, to the “wait and see” attitude of the Brits, to the surgical zeal of the US, the arch villain of the piece. His book details his international quest for relief for his stiff shoulder. It is engaging because Reid, a long-time correspondent for the Washington Post, knows how to tell a good story. ![]() ![]() Reid’s The healing of America is an engaging but thin epistle for universal health insurance coverage in the US. ![]()
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