Posted on 07/27/2009 1:34:12 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Conservatives are used to hearing liberals gloat about how the island paradise that is Cuba provides free health care to its fortunate denizens. Apparently there's now yet another country that we have to look up to: Rwanda.
On her MSNBC show this afternoon, Dr. Nancy Snyderman proclaimed herself "jealous" of Rwanda, which reportedly provides health insurance coverage to 90% of its citizens.
Snyderman's guest was Mary Robinson. The former President of Ireland is now in charge of "the Ethical Globalization Initiative" at the hoity-toity Aspen Institute. Snyderman seemed intent on drawing her guest into making invidious comparisons between the US and the rest of the world.
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Now we’ve gotta be jealous of Rwanda ping to Today show list.
Hey Nancy, you like Rwanda so much? Go live there!
Another liberal nitwit.
Yeah, I’ve seen it ... concrete floors, cots and swarms of flies.
Jealous of this, Dr. Nancy?
This is just insane. I’m beginning to feel like I’m living in a national nut house.
Let’s send our illeagal aliens to Rwanda for better free healthcare! How many would go????
“Unfortunately, when O is done, you, too will probably be jealous of it.”
No kidding! The USA has the BEST medical system in the WORLD. Communizing it, as Zero proposes, will DESTROY it. Keep the pressure on!
I'm guessing that insurance is probably quite affordable since it doesn't cover treatment for machete wounds.
90% health insurance COVERAGE but probably only 1 doctor in the country.
Talk about a waiting list! Get your tonsils taken care of when you’re 35.
First, beware of any orginization that mentions “Globalization”...
Nutty to think Rwanda has a great health care system...look at all those bones....
Maybe Rwanda found a drug that treats genocide...
She needs to move to Rwanda, so she can get all of her health care there, for the rest of her life.
Rwanda has an infant mortality rate of about 83 per 1,000. In the U.S. it is 6.3 per 1,000.
The average life expectancy in Rwanda in 49, in the U.S. it is 78.
But, hey, they have 90% coverage, compared to our 85%, so I guess we need to switch to their plan. /sarc
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