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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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Is health care better over there than here?


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Opponents of health care reform say centralized medical care in countries like Canada and Britain is not as good as health care in the U.S. The picture is more complicated than both critics and supporters suggest.

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  • Theodore Marmor: Health policy expert and emeritus professor at Yale School of Management. His latest book is "Fads, Fallacies And Foolishness in Medical Care Management And Policy." He also co-authored an article in the August 19 issue the New York Review of Books, Health Reform: The Fateful Moment.

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