t.r. reed is a former overseas bureau chief for "the washington post." investigate health care and tried to get his bad shoulder fixed at the same time. you took your bad shoulder -- >> yeah, it only goes this high. >> -- around the world. >> yeah. >> and where did you find that if you had -- you know, if you could choose where you could live to deal with that bad shoulder, where would you have chosen? >> well, i would have gotten great care in the united states of america because i have very good insurance. and france, the care was fabulous. you don't wait. the cost of the procedure i needed was one-seventh as much as it would have been in america. i would have gotten it in three days. japan, i was sitting in the doctor's office, and this is the only doctor who did this, he's looking at the computer while he's talking to me. he says, well, i could do this for your shoulder. i could do that. and he says, well, maybe i'll do an operation. it would have cost about one-tenth of the price in america. and he said, i probably can't do it tomorrow, but maybe ne