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The Decline of America: Health Care (IV)

    "According to the polls, a majority of American (67 percent) now
    report they would prefer a Canadian-style national health program.
    Recognizing the problems inherent in financing health care with
    multiple private insurers, Canada largely eliminated the private
    health insurance industry when they established their single-payer
    nation health plan in 1971. Canada's reform has allowed it to
    provide care to all residents for far less that the U.S. currently
    spends on health care."

            -- Public Citizen Health Letter

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From "Condition Critical" cover story, Business Today, Fall, 1990
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A m e r i c a   s p e n d s   t h e   m o s t . . .
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Country         Percent GNP spent       Health care dollars
                on health care          spent per capita

United States   11.2%                   $2,051
Italy            6.9%                   $  841
West Germany     8.2%                   $1,093
United Kingdom   6.1%                   $  758
France           8.6%                   $1,105
Canada           8.6%                   $1,483
Japan            6.8%                   $  915


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. . . b u t   g e t s   t h e   l e a s t . 
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Country         Male life expectancy    Infant mortality per
                at birth (years)        1,000 live births

United States   71.5                    10.0
Italy           71.6                     9.6
West Germany    71.8                     8.3
United Kingdom  71.9                     9.1
France          72.0                     7.6
Canada          73.0                     7.9
Japan           75.6                     5.0

[Chart by John Dunning. Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development]

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For tons more info and documentation [ie footnotes for cited
information], use the GET command on the file named HEALTH INSURANC
[sic]

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