Group: U.S. ranked near bottom on life expectancy
Posted: December 9, 2009 at 5:42 a.m.
The United States ranks near the bottom in life expectancy among wealthy nations despite spending more than double per person on health care than the industrialized world’s average, an economic group said Tuesday.
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