Missing Ingredient From Reforms? Making Americans Healthier
by Keith Seinfeld, KPLU Science and Health Reporter(2010-01-07)
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SEATTLE, WASH.(KPLU) -
If Congress passes health care legislation, it may help your anxiety about losing health insurance. But will it make Americans any healthier? A leading Seattle researcher says it will make a small improvement. KPLU science and health reporter Keith Seinfeld talked to Christopher Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation and the University of Washington. He's a global expert on measuring health-care outcomes. In a "Perspective" article in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, he argues the United States should learn some lessons from the example of Australia.
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