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Senate Proceeding on Jun 3rd, 2009 :: 7:41:20 to 7:44:14
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Robert Bennett

7:41:20 to 7:41:41( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: i'd like to think that that was only the case back when they were and pence, but i find still the case. not only in great britain but in other countries that have this kind of problem. let me share a few statistics with you of what happens with respect to this system.

Robert Bennett

7:41:20 to 7:44:14( Edit History Discussion )
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Robert Bennett

7:41:42 to 7:42:05( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: one of the things we are told b those who sup other countries are really not any different than they are in america. that we're paying farore in america and the outcomes are basically the same, and the statistic that they usually use in order to prove that america is not any better is life speck

Robert Bennett

7:42:06 to 7:42:26( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: stay taken and -- life spec expectancy and infant mortality. they say that our life expectancy is not any better than anybody else, and our infant mortality rate sass high or higher than other countries. shame on us. we're not getting good health care that we're paying for. well, life expectancy is tied in

Robert Bennett

7:42:27 to 7:42:48( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: very many or geographic locations. the life expectancy, for example, in utah where the behavior is a little different thanness some other places, is substantially higher and has little or nothing to do with the health care. it has to do with the culture in

Robert Bennett

7:42:49 to 7:43:11( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: thought causes people to behavior in a healthier lifestyle. so let's go broad-brush approach and look at the largest international study to date has found that the five-year survival rate for all types and women is higher in the

Robert Bennett

7:43:12 to 7:43:32( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: united states isn't that a statistic showing that we're getting a better result in america than we are in europe? cancer survil rate is not something that is due to the geography of whereou were born, whether you were born in the inner city. that has something to do with

Robert Bennett

7:43:33 to 7:43:53( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: infant mortality raivment or you live in a healthy environg>nt. that has something to do life expectancy. cancer survival rate has to do with health care. and the health care in the united states is better than it is in europe and has produced the higher survival rate for both men and women. in britain there's o

Robert Bennett

7:43:54 to 7:44:17( Edit History Discussion )

Robert Bennett: many c.t. scanners per capita as there are in the united states and one-third as many m.r.i.'s. if we think the c.t. scanner and the m.r.i. produces a better result in terms of health care, we want to be in the united states. we don't want to be in one of these single-payer government plans of the kind that president

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