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America’s Health-Care System Could Learn from Cuba
The difference between average lifespans and methods of delivering care is worth study.

by Leigh Donaldson
At a local polling place during the recent election, I signed a petition in support of universal health care.

But I did so in a perfunctory way, fully aware that I was going against the grain of countless Americans who don’t want to see our health-care system handled by government, preferring it to be privatized.

The arguments pro and con are boundless, but they don’t seem to address the reality that the United States has among the worst health care in the world. More and more of us simply can’t afford to be sick.

In his documentary “Sicko,” director Michael Moore portrays Cuba as a model for us to aspire toward. A socialist state that our administration shuns, this Caribbean island manages to implement progressive health ethics despite its otherwise impoverished conditions.

According to a Guardian Weekly article by Rory Carroll, “Whether it’s a consultation, dentures or open-heart surgery, (Cuban) citizens are entitled to free treatment.”

Thus, Cuba has better health indicators than its more prosperous neighbors. What does this say about the so-called wealthiest nation on the globe?

In a Time Magazine interview, Moore asserted, “There’s a reason Cubans live on average longer than we do. I’m not trumpeting (Fidel) Castro and his regime. I just want to say to fellow Americans, ‘C’mon, we’re the United States. If they can do this, we can do it.’”

Cuba’s health-care system has been lauded by notables such as Kofi Annan, the former U.N. secretary general, and many nongovernmental organizations, as well as several U.S. officials, according to Carroll.

The World Health Organization states that a Cuban man has a life expectancy of about 75 years, and a woman, 79. The probability of a child dying under age 5 is 0.5 percent. That is patently better than what this country can boast.

But how does this communist regime do this with such limited resources? Cuba’s annual per capita health expenditure is around $280, compared to America’s $6,543.

Kompletter Bericht

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In Antwort auf:

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Das amerikanische Gesundheitssystem könnte einiges lernen vom kubanischen System!

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...im übrigen werfen diese beispiele aus den vereinigten staaten ihre schatten voraus.
denn im zuge unserer verantwortungsbewußten politiker werden sich dramen wie diese in sehr naher zukunft auch bald in deutschland abspielen.
unsere 2 klassen gesundheitspolitik steckt ja erst noch in den kinderschuhen.

also: laßt uns krank sein, solange wir`s uns noch leisten können!

Zitat von el carino

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...im übrigen werfen diese beispiele aus den vereinigten staaten ihre schatten voraus.
denn im zuge unserer verantwortungsbewußten politiker werden sich dramen wie diese in sehr naher zukunft auch bald in deutschland abspielen.
unsere 2 klassen gesundheitspolitik steckt ja erst noch in den kinderschuhen.
also: laßt uns krank sein, solange wir`s uns noch leisten können!

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