Class 26 - Foreign Health Care Systems

I. Russia
    A. Breakup of Soviet Union 1991
    B. Russian life expectancy has fallen
    C. State run health care
    D. Surge in infectious diseases
        1. TB
        2. Syphilis
        3. HIV
        4. Hepatitis
II. Canada
    A. Overview
    B. Provincial insurance coverage
    C. Myths about the Canadian health care system
        1. National health insurance leads to more bureaucratic red-tape and higher             administrative costs
        2. NHI interferes with doctor-patient relationship
        3. NHI leads to long waits for treatment
        4. NHI lowers quality of medical care
        5. NHI leads to rationing
        6. NHI causes exodus of physicians
    E. Could we import the Canadian system in US?