T.R. Reid

November 9, 2010                        

T.R. Reid has become one of the nation’s best-known correspondents through his coverage of global affairs for the Washington Post, his books and documentary films, and his light-hearted commentaries on National Public Radio.  He is working on his tenth book entitled We’re Number 37! - in reference to the health care ranking of the U.S.  Reid has written and hosted documentary films for National Geographic TV, PBS, and for the A&E network.  His 2008 Frontline documentary, Sick Around the World, takes a look at the national health care systems of the UK, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, and Switzerland, hoping the U.S. can learn from their successes and failures.  Reid also studied countries that have carried out major health care reform.  He is a board member of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, the University of Colorado Medical School, and many other community organizations.  He has taught at Princeton University and the University of Michigan.