http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/
I thought it was better than Michael Moore's _Sicko_, and it's only half as long. The extraordinarily high level of bankruptcies caused by medical US debt is gone into at some length. This is an inconceivable thing to folks the interviewer speaks with in various other Western state-capitalist systems. Additionally, the Taiwanese halth care "Smart Card" at the end really caught my imagination. A Social Security/Medicare Smart Card issued at birth incorporating many of its features seems like it could go a long way towards reducing a lot of bureaucracy and overhead.
-B.
Matt wrote:
"I have a high deductible plan ($1500) with an even higher out-of-pocket max ($5000). But it comes with a Wellness allowance of $500 for preventative care, such as a physical and associated lab work. But to use it I have to specifically tell the clerk at the physician's office to submit it to the Wellness allowance, otherwise it counts towards my deductible."