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Right to assume that health care would work more efficiently if it were a free market or a freer market. it's true for most goods and services. but in 1963, the economist kenneth arrow who won a prize offered a simpler explanation as to why markets would not work well in this area. he argued that there was a huge mismatch of power and information between the buyer and the seller. if a salesman tells you to buy a particular television, you can easily choose another or just walk away. if a doctor insists that you need a medicine or procedure, you are far less likely and every advanced economy in...

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...

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 fro...

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 o...

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 inno...