Ilya Shlyakhter (notestaff) - letters to editors (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} to_the_editor) wrote,@ 2002-05-29 08:02:00 |
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universal health insurance
Before We Lecture Cuba
Re ''Cuba's Other Face'' (letter, May 23):
The letter writer notes Cuba's low infant mortality and illiteracy rates. I'd like to add that all Cubans get free health care. By contrast, in the United States some 40 million people lack health insurance.
Before lecturing Cubans on how to run their country, shouldn't we close this shameful gap in our own backyard?
