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The U.S. ranks 37th in World Health Organization ratings, just ahead of Slovenia
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06-05-2009, 04:07 PM
Barefoot Jedi
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In my Joe-Verse, COBRA's health care system is basically socialized, or perhaps even communized if you look at it from the perspective that everyone works for COBRA if COBRA is in charge of their country.
Doctors, nurses, etc. are expected to act based on principles of compassion, logic, and respect for human life and dignity in the context of being a member of COBRA. If they don't, they get shot. Think of it like in "The Grifters" where Angelica Huston tells the doctor "you know who I work for. If my son dies, I'll have you killed." If you are a member of COBRA, you are considered part of an elite fraternity and if your job in COBRA is that of a doctor/medic/nurse, you are EXPECTED to do everything in your power and beyond to save the lives and respect the dignity of any COBRA brother or sister who is in need of help. COBRA rewards negligence and incompetence with termination. Literal termination.
In my Joe-Verse, COBRA has cures for AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and a host of other diseases. Their medical researchers are not restricted by industries that profit from the "treatment" of these diseases. This information is censored by the media (like COBRA's water engines that run their vehicles-COBRA is not beholden to the oil companies, either) but some people find out about it anyway and join COBRA in order to obtain the benefits they offer.
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