After reading this book, “The Healing of America” by T.R. Reid, I wanted to send a copy to every member of Congress. This book is full of hope for what could be in this country. Unfortunately, that may have to be very far into the future. This book is full of possibilities about different ways of dealing with health care on a regional or national level. Unlike what many members of our Congress might have us believe, there isn’t just one, “socialized” way of providing every citizen of a nation with a decent measure of health care. And, according to this book, letting the government play some role in health care, could almost always afford citizens with more choice than our privatized system currently does. We are the only industrialized nation in the world that still has a for profit health insurance system, and therein lies some of the problem. We spend more per capita on health care than any other nation and still have more people die of curable diseases. That is shameful, in my opinion. What is more shameful, is the arrogance of our legislators and their constituents, who believe we, as Americans, are too smart to learn from another nations’s way of doing things. We are one of the youngest nations in the industrialized world. We should still be open to new ideas. The bottom line, as it is presented in this book, is this. Are we willing to make the moral choice to find a way to cover every American, or not?
I found this book very enlightening, and it’s author very passionate and knowledgeable about his subject. I highly, strongly recommend this book.
I give this book 5 out of 5 bookmarks.
Reviewed by: Anna
