On Aug 20, 2:52 am, Hardpan yahoo.com> wrote:

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One third of the chronically ill are also overweight.

David H
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In article f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>,
Ulysses at Langdale Tarn yahoo.com> wrote:

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Which is cause and which is effect? Or is neither the
cause?

"WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau reports that the number of people
lacking health insurance dropped by more than 1 million in 2007, the
first annual decline since the Bush administration took office.

The nation's poverty rate held steady at 12.5 percent, not
statistically different from the 12.3 percent in 2006. That meant
there were 37.3 million people living in poverty in 2007.

The statistics released Tuesday do not take into account the
consequences of the economic downturn that began late last year.

Census says 45.7 million people — 15.3 percent of the population —
were uninsured in 2007. That's down from 47 million in 2006.

The median — or midpoint — household income rose slightly to $50,200,
marking the third consecutive annual increase."

hardpan_101@yahoo.com (Hardpan) wrote in
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"Physicians for a National Health Program" is just another special
interest lobbying group.

You'll note that their suggested fix for high medical costs doesn't
involve cutting their fees or salaries.

They're pushing for insurance to be paid for with your tax dollars
because they're only interested in getting paid.

"turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
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On Aug 26, 5:26 pm, "jjs" wrote:

This year life expectancy in the USA has increased to 79.2

You'll have to try harder.

And as we all know people without health insurance are just left to
die like dogs on the streets in the USA.

And what's up with Medicare?

Let's hope they increase the taxes and we get more government workers.
heh.

The unemployment rate in Germany and France for example is something
to aim for, right? ;-)

On Aug 26, 2:26 pm, "jjs" wrote:

Actually, a lot of them went back to Mexico,
because of soaring unemployment among
illegals.

On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:21:36 -0700 (PDT), turtoni
fastmail.net> wrote:

There are lots of studies claiming the exact opposite.

On Aug 27, 12:56 am, Hardpan yahoo.com> wrote: