Are Americans twice as sick as people in other developed nations?

Subject: Are Americans twice as sick as people in other developed nations?

Date: Thu Aug 7 21:16:12 2008
Posted by Michael
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: El Sobrante State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 1218168972.Me

Message:


According to Congressman George Miller and Senator Tom Daschle, medical care 
costs more in the United States than other developed countries partly because 
Americans are twice as sick as people in these other countries. Is this really 
true? And if this is true, why are Americans twice as sick?

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