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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. american spends 17%. what's more, we don't really 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, we're going to take you around the world to study health care systems in other countries. to find out what lessons we can lear...

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 nation's health service an evil death panel, as some say? let's take a look. during america's debate over health care reform, critics said britain's government-run system was an orwellian bureaucracy that rationed care to those in need. were they right? britain does have a system that is as close to socialized medicine as any rich country gets. the government pays for everything, own mo...

one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care, across the atlantic, in great britain. is the nation's health service an evil death panel, as some say? let's take a look. during america's debate over health care reform, critics said britain's government-run system was an orwellian bureaucracy that rationed care to those in need. were they right? britain does have a system that is as close to socialized medicine as any rich country gets. the government pays for everything, own most of the hospitals, and pays most of the doctors. but consider this -- compared to a...

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 nation's health service an evil death panel, as some say? let's take a look. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! during america's debate over health care reform, critics said britain's government-run system was an orwellian bureaucracy that rationed care to those in need. were they right? britain does have a system that is as close to socialized medicine as any rich country gets. the gover...

what's more, we don't really 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, and in a "time" magazine essay, we're going to take you around the world to study health care systems in other countries. 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're doing wrong. we...