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29 Aug

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Healthcare and LGBTQ debates collide in trans medical tourism, Globalist launches new project

by and · August 29, 2012 · 1 Comment

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The Seattle Globalist and Common Language Project are launching a new multimedia project on transgender health care in the U.S. and why Americans are traveling to places like Thailand for more affordable options. The project, called “The Cost of Gender” hits at the core of two of the most heated debates in this presidential campaign [...]

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28 Jun

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Obamacare upheld! Now can I buy into the Japanese health system instead?

by · June 28, 2012 · 5 Comments

Prescription medications in Japan (Photo from Flickr by Evan Blaser)

They do it better in Japan. They do it better in Costa Rica, in Andorra, and even in Slovenia. No, I’m not talking about sex. I’m talking about living itself. Americans just don’t live that long. We come in a shabby 34th in global life expectancy rankings. The average Japanese citizen lives to 83.5 years old, five [...]

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