In invited testimony September 30 before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, Commonwealth Fund senior vice president Cathy Schoen described some of the innovative policies enacted by other nations to improve performance, enhance value, and harness markets and competition in the public interest. Schoen says the U.S. can learn a lot from their experiences. Schoen discussed how the U.S. can learn from health care abroad in a "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" appearance on October 7. Read the transcript or watch the video at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/july-dec09/healthcare2_10-07.html.