Tag: public healthcare

Americans Can Now Expect to Live Three Years Less than Cubans

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Americans Can Now Expect to Live Three Years Less than Cubans

Source: Ian Bremmer

The decline means that several countries have caught up with or surpassed the U.S. According to World Bank data, Cuba’s life expectancy is 78.9, and China’s is 77.1, although both figures are from 2020 rather than 2021.

Other countries that are ahead of the U.S. in terms of life expectancy include: Colombia, Uruguay and Chile; Costa Rica, Panama and Puerto Rico; and Turkey, Greece and Albania.

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Cubans have access to free healthcare, which is one of the key socialist principles. The country has a high ratio of medical professionals and focuses on prevention and primary care.

Related:

List of countries with universal health care

Patrushev: The West Has Created an Empire of Lies Presupposing the Destruction of Russia

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Nikolay Patrushev, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, spoke about the tasks of the Russian special operation and the role of the United States in supporting neo-nazis. And also – about the near future of Europe, the Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves and sanctions. And also about what changes await our country in the near future.

Patrushev: The West Has Created an Empire of Lies Presupposing the Destruction of Russia

Trump Created A Program To Privatize Medicare Without Patients’ Consent. Biden Is Keeping It Going.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Under the program, insurers and doctors can negotiate to move patients to a private insurance stream. Patients don’t get a say.

Trump Created A Program To Privatize Medicare Without Patients’ Consent. Biden Is Keeping It Going.

Previously:

Congress ‘Asleep at the Switch’ as Biden Continues Trump-Era Ploy to Privatize Medicare

Biden moves forward with Trump Medicare privatization plan

Buzzfeed is a little behind (I first blogged about it, in November 2021), but here’s a reminder.