I got sick in South America, and I realized what the health-care debate in this country should be about: costs.

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After covering the health-care debate for a year, I suppose I needed to clear my head and get some perspective on the medical world. But the way I accidentally did so was a little extreme, dramatic, and painful.

On a trip to visit our daughter in Argentina, I got a severe case of food poisoning, and spent two nights and three days in a small, private hospital in the breathtakingly beautiful (not that I cared!) Andes resort town of Bariloche.

Before I say more, here's the bottom line: I got great care at a tiny fraction of what the cost...