Erin P. Fraher, PhD, MPP, and Thomas C. Ricketts III, PhD, MPH, of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Health Policy Research Institute (HPRI), were guests of Sir Bernard F. Ribeiro, KtCBE, FACS(Hon), FRCSEng, FRCPEng, May 22–23 at the United Kingdom’s House of Lords. Several doctoral students from the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, accompanied Drs. Fraher and Ricketts on the trip, where they witnessed firsthand the art of legislative compromise.