Photo: #Dr. Joachim Aron examines patient Silvia Kathmann at a facility in Lueneburg, Germany.
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Dr. Joachim Aron examines patient Silvia Kathmann at a facility in Lueneburg, Germany. (Photo Illustration by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

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Health care around the world

Broadcast: Midmorning, 04/17/2008, 9:06 a.m.

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Americans searching for a solution to the health care conundrum may want to look to Germany or Japan. A new documentary looks at health care in several countries around the world, and weighs what works and what doesn't in each.

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  • T.R. Reid: Rocky Mountain bureau chief of the Washington Post. He reported and co-wrote the new Frontline documentary, "Sick Around the World."

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