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Don Fitz (fitzdon@aol.com)
is editor of Synthesis/Regeneration: A Magazine of Green Social
Thought. He is Co-Coordinator of the Green Party of St. Louis and
produces Green Time in conjunction with KNLC-TV 24.
(34 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Why Is Cuba's Health Care System the Best Model for Poor Countries?
Cuba has become a world-class medical powerhouse with very limited resources, while "the US squanders perhaps 10 to 20 times what is needed for a good, affordable medical system." As a result, the Cuban infant mortality rate is "below that of the US and less than half that of US Blacks," and Americans can hardly claim to have a health care system.