Safeway's Steve Burd renews call for health care reform - East Bay Business Times:

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Burd, who has become one the most-visible figuresw in the corporate world calling for an overhaul ofthe for-profirt health care system that is the most expensive in the industrializecd world, said Pleasanton-based Safeway (NYSE: SWY) has broughr down its health care costs by promotin g proper nutrition and exercise among its Safeway operates 1,740 supermarkets throughout Northg America. Though many advocates say the only way to improvwe health care for Americans is by creatinga not-for-profit, single-payetr system such as those used in a number of Europeanh countries, Burd contends market forcesa can be brought to bear on the existinvg system operated by private insurance He said such action could lower costs by up to 40 At present, about 47 million Americans have no health care which is typically offered throug employers in the United