Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.
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When the courts decide that murderers, rapists, and others who maliciously break our social contract deserve health care that most working Americans can't afford, they are condemning good people to death.
It turns out Cuba has this incredible healthcare system for a very poor country.
Haiti is in desperate poverty.
As many citizens can attest, the U.S. is a great place to get sick, but a terrible place to stay well. This requires a shift in the way both doctors and patients approach health maintenance and disease prevention.
The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems.
There are places in the world that the power goes out in hospitals, and there isn't clean water, and it's horrific.
I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years - it's a right, not a privilege.
The work that Partners in Health do in Haiti benefits the whole world.
We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.
No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.
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