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Human101948

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3. Thanks for the update...

Reply to Mika (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 29, 2015, 04:00 PM

Oct 2015

Makes our "health care" look even more pathethic...USA! USA! Fuck yeah!

The US ranks 3rd in health care expenditures, spending 17.9% of its GDP on health (2011). In contrast, Cuba only spent 10% of its GDP, putting it on par with Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

What does the US gain for its vastly greater financial investment? Not so much, it seems. Infant mortality is lower in Cuba and the under 5 year old mortality rate is quite low. Life expectancy is almost identical in the two countries. This is achieved despite huge disparities in wealth. (The only area where mortality is significantly higher in Cuba is that of maternal mortality).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2014/12/22/cuba-cost-effective-healthcare/

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In a first, US university to send students to Cuban hospitals (for credits) [View all] Mika Oct 2015 OP

What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care Human101948 Oct 2015 #1

That's old 2010 data. Cuba surpassed the US in '12, then ties the US in life expectancy now Mika Oct 2015 #2

Thanks for the update... Human101948 Oct 2015 #3

This is an old article, but, highlights the situation rather well. Mika Oct 2015 #4

Congratulations to Michigan State University.They are the first to awaken from their Cold War coma. Judi Lynn Oct 2015 #5