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Sheldon Whitehouse: “We cost a fortune more per capita than any other industrialized country, and we have life expectancy comparable to Chile…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
We cost a fortune more per capita than any other industrialized country, and we have life expectancy comparable to Chile and the Czech Republic.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Whitehouse highlights the disparity in U.S. healthcare spending versus life expectancy.

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