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Arkansas Granny

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7. I asked mine why our infant mortality rate was so high if we had the best health care in the world.

Reply to HughBeaumont (Original post)

Tue Nov 20, 2012, 11:34 AM

Nov 2012

He was not even aware that we ranked so low on that scale (#34 in 2011). He also didn't know that most industrialized countries had universal health care. This just adds to the evidence that most conservatives are low information voters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate

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Ask Your Favorite Conservative: If the U.S. system of "health care" is "NUMMER ONE" . . . . [View all] HughBeaumont Nov 2012 OP

Seems like I read about skirmishes in such a battle in the UK HereSince1628 Nov 2012 #1

Why do you hate America? demwing Nov 2012 #2

'Murka's not bad . . . it's her fanboys I can't stand. HughBeaumont Nov 2012 #3

Complete list of countries that have rescinded their nat'l health plan after enacting one: Scuba Nov 2012 #4

I'm sorry, Republicans justgamma Nov 2012 #5

Or "charity bake sales" to help pay for an uncovered six-digit cancer bill. HughBeaumont Nov 2012 #6

I asked mine why our infant mortality rate was so high if we had the best health care in the world. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #7