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To: TimF who wrote (352552)	9/28/2007 4:34:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573792

A defensive Russian could claim that if you take out the more obvious deaths related to smoking and alcoholism, Russia would have male lifespans more comparable to other first world countries. Would you consider that reasonable? He could claim that, but apparently he would be wrong. However your Russian example does provide a good argument in favor of my point that life expectancy isn't primarily determined by the health care system. Of course they have deficits in their system, quite serious ones, but the system for men isn't worse than the system for women, but the men drink more. That drinking isn't the fault of the doctors or hospitals or insurance systems in Russia, but the type of arguments that are used against the US system by you and others, would seem to imply that it was. You didn't answer the question.....instead you have provided more editorializing that you think supports your position. It does not.