
The cures he encounters range from a Tibetan-style urine tasting and Ayurvedic therapy in India, to the “wait and see” attitude of the Brits, to the surgical zeal of the US, the arch villain of the piece. His book details his international quest for relief for his stiff shoulder.

It is engaging because Reid, a long-time correspondent for the Washington Post, knows how to tell a good story.


Reid’s The healing of America is an engaging but thin epistle for universal health insurance coverage in the US.
