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Research Paper Comparing Healthcare Systems of Attempted Classless(ish) Societies
Hello all. I was wondering if I could get some advice on where best to examine the healthcare systems in a few countries, specifically Nicaragua during the Sandinista period, Cuba (easier), the Soviet Union (also easier), the regions of Spain under workers' control (if possible), Venezuela, and the reformist Scandinavian countries. The purpose is to compare revolutionary/reformist attempts at using the State as a tool to reinforce equality and empowerment in the context of healthcare specifically. I don't think anyone is of the opinion many if any such countries automatically empowered the proletariat, but the point is attempts were made due to class struggles and dramatic shifts in policy concerning health followed. Much of these countries I can research on my own, but I figure I'd ask since I'm sure knowledgeable people know where to find good information in neat places. Thanks guys
I read this somewhere, but one huge critique of Soviet health care came up:
Too much specialization.
It was like US health care in more subtle ways. Despite the high ratio of doctors per capita and similar ratios for other health care providers, because of excessive specialization, it was hard to see certain kinds of health care providers unless you were in the big cities. This isn't really different from a US health care insurance provider assigning you a health care provider.
"A new centrist project does not have to repeat these mistakes. Nobody in this topic is advocating a carbon copy of the Second International (which again was only partly centrist)." (Tjis, class-struggle anarchist)
"A centrist strategy is based on patience, and building a movement or party or party-movement through deploying various instruments, which I think should include: workplace organising, housing struggles [...] and social services [...] and a range of other activities such as sports and culture. These are recruitment and retention tools that allow for a platform for political education." (Tim Cornelis, left-communist)
