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The Lessons of Chile: 1970-1973
Chile showed that a challenge to class inequality in the medical system is a challenge to the capitalist system as a whole. Consequently, any serious movement for reform must prepare to fight a class war.
Continue reading...The US and Canada: Different Forms of Medical Rationing
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Both the U.S. and Canada ration medical services. In the US, rationing is based on ability to pay. Canada rations by under-funding the medical system, bringing inequality through the back door.
Continue reading...What Happened in Chile: An Analysis of the Health Sector Before, During, and After Allende’s Administration
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
by Vicente Navarro - In the early 1970s, Chileans fought for a democratized and inclusive National Health Service. The lessons of that struggle are critical to our fight for universal health care today.
Continue reading...Blood Money
Sunday, November 23, 2008
The billions of dollars being lavished on banks and other corporations is blood money. It's available only because people like Heather are being robbed of their kidneys, their health and their lives.
Continue reading...Health Care or Damage Control?
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Capitalism cannot deliver genuine health care. A real health-care system would oppose profitable practices like hazardous work, adulterated food, industrial pollution and wars of acquisition. Putting health first requires a fundamentally different social system.
Continue reading...Profit Parasite Attacks Medical System
Saturday, March 3, 2007
In any sane society, there would be no profit in medicine. There would be no profit in any human activity.
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