'US votes counted in dollars of 1%, not in voices of 99%'

The concept of "American exceptionalism," which traditionally places the US ahead of the rest of the industrialized world, should be dramatically reconsidered as the health and wellbeing of US citizens are sacrificed in the name of profit. ­This is according to Dr. Howard Steven Friedman, a leading UN health economist and statistician, and author of the book 'The Measure of a Nation.'