Americans dying earlier than their peers  Life expectancy
increasing slower than in other high-income democracies  By
Jacque Wilson CNN POSTED: 01:36 PM MST Jan 30, 2013   
UPDATED: 07:26 PM MST Jan 09, 2013  Health, medical care (CNN) -
Despite spending more per person on health care than any other
country, Americans are getting sicker and dying younger than our
international peers -- a problem persisting across all ages and
both genders, according to a new report.  In 2011, the National
Research Council found life expectancy in the United States was
increasing at a slower rate than in other high-income
democracies. Shortly after, the NRC and Institute Of Medicine
convened a panel of experts to investigate why.  The panel was
given 18 months to review recent health studies from 16 "peer
countries": Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.  The panel
released its report, titled "U.S. Heal