This story is not nearly as much of an ice-breaker as Sicko was, but it adds some information on the variety of plans available in more countries. Though the host sounds a bit like an annoying libertarian clone, he seems to get the information together without undue coloring of the results.

A good survey but the program was dismissable because it wrote off the idea of single-payer, with no other reason except that 'Americans wouldn't go for it." So the program supported the idea of insurance intermediaries, a ridiculous development in the world history of medical delivery.

This is a fact driven report comparing the health care systems of different nations and, to a certain extent, comparing them to the US system. No system is presented as perfect -- the warts are presented along with the benefits. What emerges along with the facts is a need to consider the moral dimension of systems and to discuss the facts honestly rather than in emotion laden sound bites.

What a marvelous moment of clarity! This is probably the single most important issue facing Americans today. It is a "budget buster" potentially, and this global survey of Best Practice national policies was the standard by which we should judge all proposed health care policy.

Excellent! A large amount of info to include in an hour documentary, and presented clearly. Some comparisons made well, and should have been constant (the same ones) throughout the show. Example: physician earnings relative to average wage--sometimes mentioned in each country, sometimes not. I can't speak to reliable sources, except to say that Reid is an excellent journalist.

It's well written, but it is very biased in its reporting. There were no interviews or statements that seemed to contradict the main point of the site which is "socialized medicine is the cure-all for America." I would liked to have seen a more rigorous discussion back and forth between many more points of view on how to fix the U.S.'s healthcare costs.