Conservatism Kills - #42... down from 11

The Conservative model of unregulated private for profit health care has dominated in the U.S. since the days of Reagan... and here's the result:

US tumbles down the world ratings list for life expectancy

Ewen MacAskill in Washington and agencies
Monday August 13, 2007
The Guardian

A combination of expensive health insurance and an ever-increasing rate of obesity appear to be behind a startling fall by the US in the world rankings of life expectancy.

Despite being one of the richest countries in the world, America has dropped from 11th to 42nd place in 20 years, according to official US figures.

Dr Christopher Murray, head of the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, said: "Something's wrong here when one of the richest countries in the world, the one that spends the most on health care, is not able to keep up with other countries." ...(more)

WE are 42nd out of 191 countries. The People of Jordan and the Cayman Islands can expect to live longer than we do. All of those health care decisions that Harry and Louise didn't want the government making have been made by the private insurance industry and guess what; it's killing you!