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T.R. Reid

The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

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Essay Topics

1.

How does Reid’s choice to make his comparative analysis of health care in the US a personal story contrast more effectively with politicians’ previous narratives about health care, which have focused on fiscal efficacy?

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Considering all of the health care models that Reid describes, which model do you think would be most satisfying to a general populace and have the best chance of existing long-term? Please explain your answer using comparative analysis.

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Thinking of your own experiences, if you have any, with the American health care system. In your opinion, what works well? What works less effectively? Using the foreign models provided in the book, how would you amend the less effective aspects of American health care?