In the townhalls, questions were raised about illegal immigrants being eligible for health care. The people raising these questions are racist. Or else why would not they be concerned about smokers, alcoholics, obese folks who are a bigger drain on the health care system if cost was their genuine concern. After all, it costs a lot to treat lung cancer. The illegal immigrants on the other hand work hard and contribute to our economy by keeping costs of goods low. Those who fall sick are the ones who get subjected to aerial spraying of fungicides while they are at work in the fields etc.
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Published on Thursday, August 13, 2009 by McClatchy Newspapers
If US health Care's So Good, Why Do Other People Live Longer?
by Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
Ask around for the healthiest country in the world, and the United States won't come close to topping the list.
People live longer in just about every industrialized nation, from Canada to our north, throughout much of Europe, and around the Pacific in Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
...contd at commondreams.org |
