aaron c beals

we don’t have cable, so i don’t watch a lot of live TV these days (having 7 stations tends to limit your choices), but in a burst of random channel-surfing, i came across a show on PBS about health care. the program was taking a look at the health care systems of other capitalist democracies, evaluating what they are doing differently than we are here in the US. a few things stood out to me, including the level of overhead/waste in the US healthcare system compared to the other nations evaluated. i also liked a statement made by a right-wing senior member of Switzerland’s government, who said that while he doesn’t like big government, he can’t believe the US position on health: we say that education and legal counsel are basic rights of all citizens, but health is not?

regardless of your stance on health care policies in the US, the following show is definitely worth a watch (you can watch online):

Frontline: “Sick Around the World”