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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (23143)	10/31/2005 6:36:47 PM
From: ian124	Read Replies (1) of 23153

<<WASHINGTON - Higher prices and not lawsuits or other factors have driven up health care costs in the United States, according to a study published Tuesday. Malpractice awards in the United States amounted to only $16 per capita in 2001, compared with $12 in Britain and $10 in Australia, the team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found.>> Similarly, it was noted that the cost of violence in America has been grossly overstated. "Ammunition is cheap," noted a study author. "We have found that even in situations where multiple shots are fired, the cost of a killing is three or four bucks, tops."

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