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NewsFlash: July 25, 2006

Health Care: U.S. Spends Most, Covers Least
Among wealthiest nations, U.S. scores highest poverty, highest infant mortality, largest rich-poor gap, lowest paid vacation

New Economic Policy Institute research shows the United States spends more on health care per capita than any other advanced, industrialized country, yet has the largest uninsured population.  These and other international comparisons are analyzed in a chapter in the forthcoming EPI book, The State of Working America 2006/2007, a comprehensive review of the U.S. labor market and living standards.

Click here to view the full news release for the international comparisons section of The State of Working America 2006/2007, 
or for more on EPI economist Sylvia Allegretto, the chapter's author.

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