Despite free treatment, British health rankings decline

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Despite free treatment, British health rankings decline

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/despite-free-treatment-british-health-rankings-decline-000951650.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BwKT2O8RSyfpQSOcgeoHmQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-05T000951Z_1_CBRE92400GL00_RTROPTP_2_BRITAIN-HOSPITAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman leaves the Stafford Hospital in central England" align="left" title="A woman leaves the Stafford Hospital in central England" border="0" /></a>LONDON (Reuters) - Years of universal healthcare, rising health spending, cancer screening, immunization and anti-smoking laws have failed to stop Britain falling behind in reducing early death and disease, a study showed on Tuesday. Researchers who compared Britain's health performance since 1990 with 14 European Union countries plus Australia, Canada, Norway and the United States said its pace of decline in premature death was &quot;persistently and significantly&quot; behind the average - a finding they described as &quot;startling&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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