Our dollar is depreciating against several currencies: Swiss Franc, Swedish Krona, and the Australian dollar:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-28/swiss-franc-appreciates-to-record-against-dollar-strengthens-versus-euro.html, http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-08/swedish-krona-rises-for-second-day-against-dollar-on-growth.html, http://www.forexblog.org/category/australian-dollar
It is interesting that all these countries have universal health care:
http:// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_Sweden, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_health_care.
Maybe Socialized medicine is something we should seriously consider. After all, their life expectancy is better too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_health_care_systems_in_Canada_and_the_United_States, http://www.diabetes2bfree.com/blog/united-states-ranks-49th-in-life-expectancy/, http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Oct/Americans-Life-Expectancy.aspx
But then is it all in the high rates of automobile accidents and homicides in America? Yikes, we are supposed to feel happy about this! http://www.biggovhealth.org/resource/myths-facts/life-expectancy/
No, other reports conclude this isn’t so and give the reasons: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/203879.php http://www.diabetes2bfree.com/blog/united-states-ranks-49th-in-life-expectancy/ http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Oct/Americans-Life-Expectancy.aspx
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