Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iraq. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Universal Health Coverage Provided by United States War Funding

As you saw on the map yesterday, Iraq and Afghanistan have universal health coverage provided by United States war funding. In Iraq alone we spent $950 million to establish a universal health care system. The first year after the fall of Saddam Hussein's government Iraq exported $6 billion in crude oil. They couldn’t afford their own universal health care system. Might we be able to afford our own system some day?