Is It Better to Be Poor in Bangladesh or the Mississippi Delta?
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#2How is the healthcare system in India? Google gives me conflicting answers.
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#3How is the healthcare system in India? Google gives me conflicting answers.
What's that got to do with Bangladesh?
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#5The author of the question does not have a straightforward answer but puts this forward as a thought provoker.
For example while Appalachians have higher income on average (PPP) than a typical Bangladeshi, Appalachian life expectancy is lower. So maybe the marginal increase in income is more impactful in a place like Bangladesh -where people are less able to commit self-harm (even unintended like poor diets). Maybe people in Bangladesh, not having much in the way of comfort do more with marginal incomes. Maybe we can learn from these social forces to take advantage of our higher income and provide better living for people who while not at extreme poverty levels do worse then people living in extreme poverty.
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#6How is the healthcare system in India? Google gives me conflicting answers.
I am originally from India and yummyfajitas's (Regular HNer) experience is very representative.
https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2015/medical_tourism.html
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#8The poor in Bangladesh are at least allowed to have shelter in slums. Anywhere in the US it would be highly illegal and violate many regulations.
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#9How is the healthcare system in India? Google gives me conflicting answers.
It's growing. It is seen as a business, so lots of new investment going in there. Quality of service where available privately is quite comparable or even better than their foreign counterparts.
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#10How is the healthcare system in India? Google gives me conflicting answers.
Government runs hospitals in every town but only poor people use them(though they put up with bribes here). Rich and middle class typically use private health care as its generally better. Private health care in cities is excellent even by western standards. In towns, its decent. Poor also turn to private hospitals when time is important or when government doctors fail. One thing government does well is giving vaccines to new born and infants.
Also, many times, you just walk up to a pharmacy and ask the pharmacist for a medicine instead of talking to the doctor. Saves money and time