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Michael Moore Puts Gupta in His Place

From the archives of Moore's SICKO webpage. He recently and succcessfully countered claims of false information by Dr. Gupta, CNN's corporate medical spokesperson. Here is a slice and a link. Everyone MUST SEE THIS FILM.

"The fact that the healthcare system in an impoverished nation crippled by our decades-old blockade (including medical supplies and drugs) ranks so closely to ours is more an indictment of the American system than the Cuban system ... Although Cuba ranks lower overall than the United States, it still has a lower infant mortality rate and longer life span. And unlike the United States, Cuba offers healthcare to absolutely everyone. In an independent Gallup poll conducted in Cuba, "a near unanimous 96 percent of respondents say that health care in Cuba is accessible to everyone." ("Cubans Show Little Satisfaction with Opportunities and Individual Freedom Rare Independent Survey Finds Large Majorities Are Still Proud of Island's Health Care and Education," January 10, 2007. "

www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article.php?id=10017

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