The difficulties that some Americans have with health-care reform tell us more about American hostility to government than it does about health care in general. But the debate in the United States highlights an underlying issue that will worry almost every developed country in 2010 and beyond: the struggle to control health-care costs.
奥巴马总统的行政团队在2009年中把大部分时间都花在了一直困扰美国国内的政治斗争话题, 是否扩大医疗保险至上千万没有医疗保险的美国人.。其他工业化国家的人觉得这很难理解。他们拥有卫生保健的权利，即使是保守政府都不企图剥夺这项权利。