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Wayne B

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:27:53 -0700, wrote:

It's heavily regulated, they have a longer life expectancy and better
outcomes.

And the Swiss don't have 10 to 20 percent of the populace leading
unhealthy lifestyles. On the other hand the former Soviet Union has
a *major* chronic lifestyle problem (alcoholism) and their average
life expectancy is about age 60 regardless of their socialized health
care.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/opinion/17Schrad.html?src=twrhp

If you want to get a true picture of US life expectancy and health,
eliminate all of the inner city substance abusers and criminals from
the statistics.