UK Hopes Shatterproof Pint Glass Will Cut Health Care Costs
Written by Pat's Papers | Friday, 5 February 2010 11:32 AM
Forget the public option. The answer to America’s skyrocketing heath care costs may be found in the UK’s public houses says the Chicago Tribune.The British have invented a way to get smashed without, well, smashing anything. Officials estimate that a new shatterproof pint glass could shave billions off the country’s health care costs by eliminating the use of broken glass in pub fights. The paper says there are “87,000 alcohol-related glass attacks” in Britain each year.
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