T. R. REID

A New York Times Bestseller with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill Important and powerful a rich tour of health care around the world Nicholas Kristof The New York Times Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear engaging way New York Times bestselling author T R Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world France Britain Germany Japan and beyond to provide a revelatory tour of successful affordable universal health care systems Now updated with new statistics and a plain English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country and around the world T R Reid s latest book A Fine Mess A Global Quest for a Simpler Fairer and More Efficient Tax System is also available from Penguin Press

How did Europe become a superpower while America wasn't paying attention?;Here, American journalist T. R. Reid takes an enlightening tour of the United States of Europe' - the borderless collection of countries with more people and wealth than America.;With his trademark wit and wisdom he explains the often-bewildering ins and outs of the European Union and the culture its nations have come to share - from the common pastime of America bashing and the kitsch joys of the Eurovision Song Contest to the skyrocketing success of the Euro, trouncing the once-mighty dollar in strength. And he tells many individual stories of this drama, including the astonishing takeover of all-American products by European companies, the English greengrocer who became a Metric Martyr' and of the new breed of twenty and thirty-somethings known as 'Generation E'.;Essential for readers on both sides of the Atlantic, The United States of Europe is an insightful and entertaining guide to a New Europe that now makes the world's rules, whether America likes it or not