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 really don t benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy ranked only 29th in the world behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th and it s more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour and time magazine essay, we will take you around the world to study health care systems it other countries to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we will visit great britain and taiwan and switzerland to find out what they are doing right and wrong. we will show you some interesting innovation going on back here in america in one of the poorest, most crime ridden cities in the nation. but, first, let s talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care across the atlantic in great britain. is the nat
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