Checking In With T.R. Reid - KFF Health News

Journalist and author T.R. Reid traveled the world in search of a better health care system — and help for his sore shoulder. He talks about his journey in a new book — The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care — with KHN’s Laurie McGinley.

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<h1>Checking In With T.R. Reid</h1>
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			August 26, 2009		</time>
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<p>Journalist and author T.R. Reid traveled the world in search of a better health care system — and help for his sore shoulder. He talks about his journey in a new book — The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care — with KHN’s Laurie McGinley.</p><p>      <a href="https://www.kff.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2009/08/082509_khn_checking_reid_audio.mp3">Podcast</a> <strong>(mp3)</strong> or <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/Checking-In-With/TRReid.aspx">Read Transcript</a></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609trreid/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609trreid/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609trreid/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Checking%20In%20With%20T.R.%20Reid&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2F082609trreid%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609trreid/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609trreid/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/082609trreid/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=10053&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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