what is sure to be a heated election year debate. meanwhile, our out-of-control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. what is more, we don t benefit from the huge price tag. the standard measurement ranked 29th in the world. our mortality rate is twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour in a time magazine essay, we will take you around the world to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we ll visit great britain, taiwan and switzerland to find out what those nations are doing right and what they are doing wrong. we will also show you some really interesting innovation going on back here in america. in one of the most poorest and crime-ridden cities in the nation. first, let s talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care across the atlantic in great bitten. is the nation s health service an evil death panel as some s
what is sure to be a heated election year debate. meanwhile, our out-of-control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. what is more, we don t benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it s more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour in a time magazine essay, we will take you around the world to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we ll visit great britain, taiwan and switzerland to find out what those nations are doing right and what they are doing wrong. we will also show you some really interesting innovation going on back here in america. in one of the most poorest and crime-ridden cities in the nation. first, let s talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care across the atlan