Sick Around the World

ANALYSIS

What Lessons Can We Learn?


What tried and tested ideas in other countries might help the U.S. reform its broken health care system?

How Does It Work for Doctors in These Five Countries?


An overview of what it's like to practice medicine in Taiwan, Japan, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Germany.

Does Universal Coverage Mean Socialized Medicine?


It's not all socialized medicine in the capitalist democracies examined in this report, but they don't trust health care entirely to the free market, either.

The Cost of Drugs Issue


How drug pricing works in the countries examined in this report. Is the price of drugs the issue, or is it health insurance?

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posted april 15, 2008

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