Friday, July 18, 2008

U S IS 42ND IN " GLOBAL LIFE EXPECTANCY"

America has the second highest income per head in the world.Yet is 42nd in terms of life expectancy.

Despite spending 230 million an hour on health care Americans live shorter lives than citizens of almost every other developed country.

The report "Measure of America", was funded by OXFAM America, The Conrad Hilton Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.

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