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Africa North
A Dirt-Poor Nation, With a Health Plan
2010-06-15
No, we aren't talking about the US, which in my opinion is poorer than Rwanda given our $13T debt.

Is this the NY Slimes backhanded way of saying Obamacare is way too expensive?

An interesting contrast between basic medicine done pretty well and very cheaply, and what we in America expect.
MAYANGE, Rwanda -- The maternity ward in the Mayange district health center is nothing fancy.
Posted by:gorb

#8  Perfection #6, ed, you delivered the essence of droll...laughed nigh until choking; thanks!
Posted by: 2sealys   2010-06-15 23:11  

#7  The basic problem with public healthcare in developed nations is that it is politically untenable to provide a service inferior to private healthcare and so costs run away.

Obama's working on solving that problem, phil_b.
Posted by: gorb   2010-06-15 22:47  

#6  Does the $2 cover machete wounds?
Posted by: ed   2010-06-15 21:04  

#5  #4 The advantage of being a dirt poor country is that there is little incentive for tort lawyers and the standards are not 'perfection'. Posted by Procopius2k

This certainly may explain the continued migration of attorneys from California.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-06-15 19:32  

#4  The advantage of being a dirt poor country is that there is little incentive for tort lawyers and the standards are not 'perfection'.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-06-15 19:29  

#3  So we can all have squalid medical conditions? That must be the plan.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge    2010-06-15 19:16  

#2  The basic problem with public healthcare in developed nations is that it is politically untenable to provide a service inferior to private healthcare and so costs run away.
Posted by: phil_b   2010-06-15 18:52  

#1  I like the part where they have generics for name brand drugs. That would solve alot here right away
Posted by: chris   2010-06-15 18:41  

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