RN Pathways is an interesting venture. I’ve never really looked at it until right now.

This is their description:

RNpathways is the video channel for www.RNpathways.com, the most unique nursing organization in the United States.

At RNpathways, we are passionate about nursing. We’ve created the premiere online destination for nursing career management. On our site, you’ll find comprehensive information about career paths, education, nursing issues and informative industry news. Our goal is to empower nurses and allied healthcare professionals with information to make the right career decisions.

NPR has an interesting article/audio about the Japanese Medical system. It is very affordable, extremely high quality, and definitely slanted in favor of the consumer. The downsides are primarily for the physician and hospitals, because payment is too low. However, the article doesn’t specify if there are “cost burdens” for the physician, such as exorbitantly expensive cost of medical school ( a problem here), exorbitantly expensive premiums for malpractice insurance ( a problem here but I doubt it is in Japan), etc.

Coupled with a healthier diet and lifestyle (they are still a lot thinner than Americans and hopefully won’t replace their healthy eating habits with American fast foods), the Japanese healthcare system works–for the most part. No system is perfect, but this one seems to be lot more functional than ours.