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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 09 > Health care has become a universal pain

Health care has become a universal pain

U.S. looks to other countries for reform ideas, but many are also struggling

By Scott Canon / The Bulletin
July 9, 2009

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In Britain, famously, they wait.

To replace a hip, for instance, means months before surgery.

Spaniards and Italians have single-payer health care systems, but they leave it to the cities and villages, not the capitals, to run things. The Greeks demand all medical....

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