Swine flu in Mexico

[OCBuckWife]

It was reported that the Mexico deaths probably resulted from those not seeing a medical professional. They probably didn't have any insurance.

I love how you make such sweeping statements about stuff you know nothing about. No, wait, did I say "love", I meant...shut up about stuff you know nothing about.

The state government pays for many doctors to go to school, full ride, and in return they are required to spend at least one year providing no or low cost care to anyone who needs it at state run clinics before they are allowed to enter private practice. Insurance? We don't need no stinkin' insurance.

If people didn't see a medical professional it is more likely that it was due to them having stronger belief in herbal medicine and home care then the unavailability of medical professional care. Especially so in the lower income/no income stratus of Mexican society.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

If people didn't see a medical professional it is more likely that it was due to them having stronger belief in herbal medicine and home care then the unavailability of medical professional care. Especially so in the lower income/no income stratus of Mexican society.

In short, they were stupid about it.

 

[OCBuckWife]

In short, they were stupid about it.

I can't argue that possibility, no. :)

 

[Taosman]

I love how you make such sweeping statements about stuff you know nothing about. No, wait, did I say "love", I meant...shut up about stuff you know nothing about.

The state government pays for many doctors to go to school, full ride, and in return they are required to spend at least one year providing no or low cost care to anyone who needs it at state run clinics before they are allowed to enter private practice. Insurance? We don't need no stinkin' insurance.

If people didn't see a medical professional it is more likely that it was due to them having stronger belief in herbal medicine and home care then the unavailability of medical professional care. Especially so in the lower income/no income stratus of Mexican society.

Addressing Inequity In Health
And Health Care InMexico
Mexico?s health care system shares the problems of incrementalism
with its neighbor to the north.
by Mariana Barraza-Llor?ns, Stefano Bertozzi, Eduardo Gonz?lez-Pier,
and Juan Pablo Guti?rrez​

PROLOGUE:

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Fragmentation and administrative complexity are often described as
among the greatest weaknesses of the health system in the United States, especially
in comparison with other countries such as Canada, our neighbor to the
north. But in the following paper by a quartet of authorities onMexico?s nonsystem, it​

appears that our neighbor to the south has managed to outdo the United States in

building a patchwork of ?multiple, parallel? public and private arrangements.

The result is that half of Mexico?s 100 million citizens are uninsured and more​

than half of the country?s annual health spending is out of pocket.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/21/3/47.pdf

It would seem that it is OCBW who is ignorant of the Mexico healthcare story.​