CUBAN VS

US HEALTHCARE

          In corner #1:  Cuba, wearing red, white, and blue.  Ranked #39 by the World Health Organization; spending $251 per person annually; health care for all; a life expectancy of 77.6 years, and an infant mortality rate of 6.2 (rate of infant deaths per thousand).

          In corner # 2:  the United States, wearing red, white, and blue. Ranked #37 by the World Health Organization; spending $7,092 per person annually; 48 million people uninsured; a life expectancy of 77.5 years, and an infant mortality rate of 6.8.

SATURDAY 3PM

AUGUST 18

474 VALENCIA   SF

Centro del Pueblo at 16^th St.

(Half block north of 16^th ST, 1 block to 16^th BART; buses  26 Valencia, 22 on 16^th, 14, 33, & 49 at 16^th & Mission)

Speakers:

Richard Quint, M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Emeritus, University of California – SF, member of California Physicians Alliance.   Frequent visitor to Cuba since 1978.

Bill Martinez, an attorney specializing in US – Cuba exchanges, arranged and represented Michael Moore in the Cuba segment of the movie SiCKO.  Attorney Martinez was also a patient in SiCKO, receiving health care for a hip and back problem.

Sponsored by the California Universal Health Care Organizing Project

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