In Health Care, Gap Between Rich and Poor Persists, WHO Says
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Despite significant gains in medical science, disparities in public health persist between rich and poor countries, the World Health Organization said in a report released here on Wednesday.
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The United States spends far more on   health care than any other country but gets only mediocre care   in return for its investment, according to a report released on   Wednesday.
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There's the rich and the poor, but in any case, growth is back.
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The gap between rises in health insurance premiums and wages is at its widest point in six years, a survey said on Tuesday, which experts said puts workers in a perilous position should the economy turn sour.
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Child mortality among China's rural poor and its millions of migrants remains high despite overall improvements, state media quoted the World Health Organisation as saying Friday.
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LONDON -- Wealthy countries are falling billions of dollars short of their promises to help fund reproductive health care and efforts to improve the status of women around the world, the United Nations said yesterday.
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The federal Health Minister admits there are a few gaps in the new first ministers health care deal. Ujjal Dosanjh admits the agreement doesn&#39;t spell out how the government will deal with provinces that violate
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Most of the 9 million U.S. children   who lack health insurance live with both parents, at least one   of whom works, a consumer group said on Thursday, in a finding   they said shows many people cannot afford health insurance   under the existing system.
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A new study on emergency rooms  disputes the common wisdom that the poor and uninsured are  filling them up.
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About half of adults in middle-income families reported serious problems in paying for their health care while even those in more affluent circumstances said they had troubles with medical bills, a new survey found.
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Our health care system is a frustrating mix of routine miracles and scandalous failures. The miracles abound; Bill Clintonâs recent open-heart surgery was cutting-edge a few decades ago.
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Why the impoverished Caribbean island has better medical care than its much wealthier neighbours.
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Mexico has some of the highest and the lowest standards of living in the world, such is the extent of the gap between rich and poor, a UN report says.
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Every year, without fail, spending for services covered by private health insurance increases. Sometimes health care spending grows slowly, as it did in the mid-1990s during the managed-care boom.
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People on low incomes have similar diets to the rest of the population, a government report states.
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31 August 2004 - Developing countries have made tremendous strides in improving reproductive health and tackling women&#39;s rights issues, but rich nations have only paid a little more than half of the $6.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Developed countries are failing to live up to their  commitments to fund sexual and reproductive health care leaving  poorer countries to pick up the bill, says a new UN report  released Wednesday.