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Old 08-02-2019, 10:41 AM   #410
thesloppy
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Originally Posted by CU Tiger View Post
Mexico is apparently neither a developed country nor does it have universal health care. Yet they have it figured out better than us. Specifically mentioning insulin in relation to an earlier point, you can walk into a Mexican pharmacy and buy insulin, from US companies made in US labs with US dollars for a fraction of what it costs in the US.

Mexico isn't considered a developed nation which is why it isn't in those maps/articles.....but it did institute universal healthcare in 2004:

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/fe...versal-health/

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Originally Posted by CU Tiger View Post
I think we are stuck "half pregnant" in the US in regards to our health care system. I think either system (Pure Free Market or Pure Universal) would be better than what we have now. I disagree with you in which of those two would be the better alternative between the two. But I dont disagree that darn near anything would be better than our current system.

I feel like our current system is the classic both mothers get half the baby.

Yup.
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