Universal Health Care

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There are a number of reasons that Americans would have a lower life expectancy: more driving, more eating, less exercise, etc.

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This is incorrect.

From John Abramson, MD's book "Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine":

"In a comparison of 13 industrialized nations...the health of Americans is close to the worst on most measures and overall ranked second to last. Contrary to popular wisdom, the poor ranking of the United States cannot be attributed to our rates of smoking, drinking, or consumption of red meat. Surprisingly, Americans rank in the better half of the 13 countries on these measures, and have the third lowest cholesterol level. (Deaths due to violence and car accidents were not included in the data.)"

(Emphasis mine.)