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To: TimF who wrote (353429)	10/3/2007 2:06:12 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574006

re: If you have one clear primary factor, than you can adjust for other factors, but you don't have one clear primary factor here. Sure you do. We've been trying to tell you. It's health care.

To: TimF who wrote (353429)	10/3/2007 2:19:05 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574006

"If its only the countries with high suicide rates that the US does worse then then the whole argument about US life expectancy being bad because of our health insurance system falls apart" Look, Tim. I haven't done a complete study. What I have done is take the factors that were thrown out, like car accident deaths and homicide, thrown in the ignored factor, which is the suicide rate, and shown that the article you are basing your argument on was bullshit. Now you want to move the goal posts. I suppose I can understand that, your arguments turned out to be unsupported. But I don't have the time or inclination to track down everything you throw against the wall to see what sticks. Now the ball is in your court. I have provided proof that the major causes of non-medical mortality are not behind the lower US life expectancy. You need to come up with some reason to suspect that the factors you cite make up the difference. Something with numbers instead of just speculation. You make several claims that numbers can be put to, so back them up or admit that it is only your guess.