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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (806214)9/11/2014 2:54:56 PM
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I do think that access is important. But the weight assigned to access in the reports from WHO, Commonwealth, and others, is far too high. We had around 85% coverage, and the other 15% *DID* have access to the best health care in the world. It just wasn't as easy.

For example, a child with cancer is treated FREE with some of the most advanced cancer treatments in the world at St. Jude's. There are other hospitals which treat adults in the same way. So, while wall-to-wall coverage was only available to about 85%, the real figures are substantially higher.

We should have been concerned about addressing the needs of that 15%, but that isn't what was done. We threw out the things that made ours the best system in the world and tried to "even out" the quality of care. What we ended up with is still about 15% (14%, whatever) uninsured, but a far more difficult climb for those 14% who are now uninsured.

The approach was driven by politics instead of the true needs of the people. Which is not surprising.

Access is important but access doesn't make Costa Rica's health care system on-par with that in the US (WHO actually ranked them above the US).
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