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Out-Of-Pocket Health Model

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Out-of-pocket health care system is brutally simple as Reid puts it. Most of the poorest countries have little or no government help when it comes to health care. The eradication of such diseases as polio, malaria, leprosy, etc. in the developed world is still prevalent in these parts of the world. These diseases contribute to the loss of millions of lives every year in countries such as Africa, South Asia, and Latin America. In the out-of-pocket health model, those who can pay get treatments and those who cannot afford the treatment get sick and die. Consequently, a poor country such as Mozambique, life expectancy is at the young age of 32. Not only is this out-of-pocket health care system in poor and undeveloped countries but is present

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