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Old 05-18-2009, 12:08 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Senators weigh tax hikes to pay for health care

Perfect? No one of course.

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While good at expensive, heroic care, Americans are very poor at the low-cost preventive care that keeps Europeans healthy, said Princeton University health economist Uwe Reinhardt.

Take prenatal care, vital to a healthy start in life. Reinhardt called France the world's role model, while many poor Americans never get prenatal care. HERE
Old report but I doubt we've moved up very much (WHO isn't ranking anymore). And yes, I know it depends on how you measure it.
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