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 | Friday, Oct. 24, 2008
Almost everyone complains about the high cost of health care. And no wonder. Here in the United States, we pay almost twice as much per capita for health care as opposed to almost any other nation in the industrialized world. Yet studies show the quality of health care for all Americans when compared to nations like Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the U.K. ranks very low. Our current system leaves almost 46 million Americans uninsured. So what can be done about it? In our Sunday Morning cover story, correspondent Rita Braver and contributor David Turecamo will tackle the problem from two different perspectives. Turecamo will examine the French health care system, where every legal citizen is afforded access to quality health care. The French system is considered by many to be the best in the world and Turecamo will take a look at what it is they are doing right. Rita Braver, in turn, will cast a light on the millions of uninsured people here in the U.S. who fall through the cracks of our health-care system. She will also check out what the two presidential candidates are proposing to fix our ailing health care plans. Tina Brown was once known as the “Queen of Buzz” and now she is out to recapture that crown. The former editor of such high-end literary magazines as Vanity Fair and The New Yorker is now trying her hand on the Internet. As correspondent Erin Moriarty reports, Tina Brown already has people talking. Academy Award-winner actress Estelle Parsons certainly has people talking again. The 81-year-old actress, who won an Oscar for her work in the film "Bonnie and Clyde" in 1967, is now starring in the Broadway production of "August: Osage County." Correspondent Tracy Smith talks with Parsons about her very successful entertainment career and a rewarding family life. Plus: If you have ever gone up to the attic or searched in a closet and found a treasure trove of old photos, you probably have sat in amazement looking at family and friends from years earlier. When you see them today, it almost seems as if they have traveled in a time warp. And that is exactly what the people of Oxford, Iowa, experienced after a university professor came to town in 1984 and took individual snapshots of them. He returned 20 years later to see how things have changed with the town folk. Needless to say, as correspondent Josh Landis finds out, a picture is indeed worth a thousand words. Those stories and much more this Sunday Morning… Listen for the trumpet. | 
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