Karl Frederick
05-09-2015, 11:20 AM
I find this pretty disheartening . . .
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has blamed U.S. President Barack Obama for the failure of the recent OAS (Organization of American States) Summit of the Americas to issue a final declaration, and he says that a major sticking point for Mr. Obama was Obama’s opposition to a provision in the proposed declaration that would have said that health care is “a human right.” Mr. Obama insisted that it’s instead a privilege, access to which must be based primarily upon an individual’s ability-to-pay, as is the case in the United States.
Continued here: https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-blocked-declaration-of-right-to-health-care-says-bolivias-president-at-oas-summit/5443140?utm_source=Stephan+Schwartz%27s+Email+List&utm_campaign=4e75e2acbe-SR_Daily_Digest9_23_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0eb25d4404-4e75e2acbe-221399601
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has blamed U.S. President Barack Obama for the failure of the recent OAS (Organization of American States) Summit of the Americas to issue a final declaration, and he says that a major sticking point for Mr. Obama was Obama’s opposition to a provision in the proposed declaration that would have said that health care is “a human right.” Mr. Obama insisted that it’s instead a privilege, access to which must be based primarily upon an individual’s ability-to-pay, as is the case in the United States.
Continued here: https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-blocked-declaration-of-right-to-health-care-says-bolivias-president-at-oas-summit/5443140?utm_source=Stephan+Schwartz%27s+Email+List&utm_campaign=4e75e2acbe-SR_Daily_Digest9_23_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0eb25d4404-4e75e2acbe-221399601