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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I fess up--I haven't read this book yet, but I heard Terry Gross interviewing the author on NPR's Fresh Air last night, and it sounds fascinating. Reid, a Washington Post correspondent, set out to examine health care systems around the world to demystify American fears of socialized medicine, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68828781">more...</a>]]></body>
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