Clearly, I need to escape the U.S.

Following up on my recent health care frustrations, I watched Sick Around the World on Frontline last night (you can watch it online). The show asks whether the U.S. can learn anything from the rest of the world about how to run a health care system, and boy, can we. Like Sicko, this documentary traveled around the world and profiled the health care systems of other developed countries. Whereas the U.S. health care system ranks 37th in the world in terms of quality and fairness, has 47 million