Healthcare Myth #5: Other systems are too “foreign” to work here

In other words: America is unique and, some would argue, superior.

Well, duh.Everycountry is unique. And every country probably has some area in which it is (depending on your values) superior to other countries. Alas, in the area of taking care of our own, we are not doing all that well; which is why I like TR Reid’s idea of taking a serious and deep look at what other developed nations are doing for healthcare with the idea that we can do it just as well, if not better.

Let’s look at the four...