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February 02, 2004

SUPRYNOWICZ: A murderous system? Let's try it...

reviewjournal.com -- Opinion: VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: A murderous system? Let's try it...

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The Soviet Union was, of course, the first country to adopt all-round socialized medical care -- the dream of most of America's modern politicians, Republicrat and Demopublican alike. In 1919, Lenin signed a decree that said every Soviet citizen had a right to free medical care. By 1977, this right had dramatically expanded to become the right to health itself -- language now regularly employed by U.S. politicians.

"In the in-between years," Mr. Rockwell reports, "the Soviet Union became host to one of the most backward, murderous, and coercive systems of medical provision every concocted. The country trained more doctors than any in the world, but the vital statistics showed a more complete picture. Lifespans averaged 10 to 20 years less than in western countries.

"Infant mortality was twice as high. By the time of the collapse of socialism, 80 million people were said to have chronic illnesses, and up to 68 percent of the public was health-deficient by international standards. Mental retardation afflicted nearly a quarter of the children -- a consequence of serious deprivation. ...

"Of course most real care went underground, where bribing for anaesthesia was common," Mr. Rockwell concludes. "After former Soviet economist Yuri N. Maltsev ... emigrated to the U.S., he was astonished to see that the U.S. was adopting many of the principles that drove the old Soviet system. ...

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