In a new series on The Commonwealth Fund Blog, Jonathan Cohn, senior editor at the New Republic and the author of Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis—and the People Who Pay the Price, will explore the healthcare systems of four countries: the Netherlands, France, the United Kingdom and Germany. With Commonwealth Fund support, Cohn traveled to these nations to explore how their healthcare systems manage to achieve universal coverage at a fraction of what the United States spends, as well as high quality of care, and higher rates of public support. To read the first installment of a two-part blog post on healthcare in the Netherlands click here.