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Mixed Signals - US Life and US Healthcare

Mixed Signals - US Life and US Healthcare

(September 27, 2007) With new life expectancy statistics coming out, should the US be living it up or living it down? Today, 46% of Americans have no health insurance - yet we are living longer than ever before. Nonetheless, when ranked against the life expectancy of other countries, the US has plunged from 11th to 42nd - and experts are blaming the lack of healthcare for the loss.

SOURCES: Al Jazeera English, Qatar; BBC, U.K.; ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, U.S.

Mixed Signals - US Life and US Healthcare

(September 27, 2007) With new life expectancy statistics coming out, should the US be living it up or living it down? Today, 46% of Americans have no health insurance - yet we are living longer than ever before. Nonetheless, when ranked against the life expectancy of other countries, the US has plunged from 11th to 42nd - and experts are blaming the lack of healthcare for the loss.

SOURCES: Al Jazeera English, Qatar; BBC, U.K.; ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, U.S.

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