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Iran's medical crisis deepens as economy sputters
Yahoo ^ | Jan 8, 2013

Posted on 01/10/2013 5:11:43 AM PST by nuconvert

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... radiology film up 240 percent; helium gas for MRIs up 667 percent; filters for kidney dialysis up 325 percent. The cost of one round of chemotherapy for cancer has reached 200 million rials, or $65,000, from 800 million rials, or $25,000, last year.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran

1 posted on 01/10/2013 5:11:56 AM PST by nuconvert
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“...receipts from oil and gas exports have fallen by 45 percent in the past nine months”


2 posted on 01/10/2013 5:13:01 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

They need Obamacare. I hear it magically bends cost curves down!


3 posted on 01/10/2013 5:15:19 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: nuconvert

Iran’s medical crisis deepens as economy sputters ...

I’ve seen this movie before and it doesn’t end well.


4 posted on 01/10/2013 5:18:57 AM PST by ILS21R (Everything is a conspiracy. No? You're living in one.)
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To: nuconvert

Why? Can’t they just inject themselves with nuclear fuel and become super-iranians?


5 posted on 01/10/2013 5:39:06 AM PST by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Vendetta))
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To: nuconvert

US Medical system worsens as 0bamaCare takes effect while economy continues to sputter.


6 posted on 01/10/2013 6:09:52 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Wait! Shia muslims know this is just another test from their Allah. After the test they can blame the jooooooooooooos again. Jews are the creator not Allah. (using the image of the rabbit with the koran on it’s head, not the pancake.)


7 posted on 01/10/2013 6:11:26 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: nuconvert

I thought Muslims love to die as much as Americans love to live.

Why would they need or seek healthcare?


8 posted on 01/10/2013 7:53:21 AM PST by lurk
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To: lurk

read up on Iranians before commenting about them


9 posted on 01/10/2013 8:13:16 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: nuconvert

The power of the mullahs is dependent upon their being able to shower free stuff on the subset of the population which supports them. When that ability ends, look out.


10 posted on 01/10/2013 8:35:02 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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