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Friday, June 20, 2008 at 11:17:22 mst
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Name: Cal

Japan's socialized health care system is sometimes touted as one to emulate. Here's a story from "The Dawn". http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/20/top14.htm "The number of elderly Japanese killing themselves surged 9 per cent to a record high last year, fuelled by mounting health and economic worries among seniors ... ...

Health trouble was listed as the reason in 56 per cent of the elderly deaths last year and economic worries were second, figuring in 15 per cent of cases, the study said."

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