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U.S. Spends The Most On Health Care, Yet Gets Least

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Pretty much no matter how you measure it, our health care system stinks.

Once again that's the sobering conclusion of the 2010 version of the annual Commonwealth Fund comparison of the U.S. health system with those in other industrialized nations.

This year the competitors were Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. The U.S. finished last.

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Sebbydad

this is not new news. We've known this since the 70's. this is what the GOP wants to preserve.

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