The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
T.R. Reid
The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care
T.R. Reid
#3346 of 3,809 books · #192 in Politics & Current Affairs
Shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2009).
The Healing of America won a New York Times bestseller designation. Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond--to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems. Now updated with new statistics and a plain-English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill, The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country, and around the world.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- ISBN-13
- 9781101458990
- Topics
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestShortlisted(2009)
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