THE CRISIS IN THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM MADE THE NEWS LAST WEEK WHEN THOUSANDS LINED UP TO RECEIVE FREE DENTAL AND MEDICAL CARE, OFFERED BY âREMOTE AREA MEDICALâ AT THE FORUM IN LOS ANGELES.
IRONICALLY, THE LOUDEST OBJECTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMAâS HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION NOW DEBATED IN CONGRESS CONCERNS THE âPUBLIC OPTION PLANâ THAT WOULD COMPETE WITH PRIVATE INSURANCE.
ONE COUNTRY WHERE HEALTH CARE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY IS THE ISLAND OF CUBA, WHICH COUNTS ONE DOCTOR FOR 150 RESIDENTS.
IN 1998, PERHAPS TO HONOR HIS FALLEN REVOLUTIONARY COMRADE CHE GUEVARA, HIMSELF A DOCTOR AND INTERNATIONALIST, PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO FOUNDED THE LATIN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF MEDECINE, OR E.L.A.M., NOW THE LARGEST MEDICAL SCHOOL IN THE WORLD. IN 2001, THE SCHOOL FORMALLY GRANTED US STUDENTS OF AFRICAN, INDIGENOUS AND HISPANIC BACKGROUNDS SCHOLARSHIPS AND THIS PAST THURSDAY, A RECEPTION WAS HELD FOR NEW YORK AREA STUDENTS AND GRADUATES AT THE CUBAN MISSION TO THE U.N. IN MAHATTAN.
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