T.R. Reid, a health care critic and commentator for National Public Radio, will discuss why he thinks the nation’s health care system is failing.

He will give a presentation, “We’re Number 37! Why Other Countries Have Better, Fairer and Cheaper Health Care Than the USA,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.

For his presentation at Kansas University, Reid will draw from his 2008 PBS “Frontline” documentary, “Sick Around the World,” and his 2009 book “The Healing of America” to explore a variety of models that other countries use to provide health care.

The event is free and open to the public. It is part of the Hall Center for the Humanities lecture series.