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America - heal thyself! Why we may need to look outside America to fix America's healthcare.

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A new documentary was aired yesterday on Frontline (PBS) called "Sick Around the World." This documentary focuses on health care in five capitalistic democracies - the United Kingdom, Japan, Switzerland, Germany and Taiwan.

     
     
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Yale Study Suggests Discrimination against the Obese is on the Rise

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Since more and more of us are overweight, you might think body acceptance would be more common. However, a Yale study shows this is not necessarily so. Using 1100 subjects (ages 35-74), Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity gathered information on topics ranging from job discrimination, to housing, to name calling and other forms of harassment.