aying(描绘)victims of american insurance companies—like the people who died because their only treatment options were considered“experimental” and therefore not covered--------------(48)
when“governments attempt to regulate the balance between a limited supply of health care and an unlimited demand for it,they’re inevitably forced to ration treatment,”mr.loder asserted----------------(49)mr.loder cited the short film“dead meat,”which presents anecdotes(轶事)of failure in the canadian single’payer system. in its one-sidedness,“dead meat”might have made for a nice double feature with“sicko,”and left movie—goers with a more complete understanding of the complications of deciding on a health care system.-------------------(50)
this all makes an otherwise “emotionally compelling film not necessarily an intellectually satisfying one,”wrote darren barefoot,a canadian blogger (博客作者).
a. mr.moore also decided to ignore problems in other countries,like france’s high taxes and britain’s cash—short hospitals
b. but the film as a whole,he concluded,is“breathtakingly meretricious(似是而非的),”in large part because of its characterizations of other countries’health care systems
c. the problems have been noticed—and criticism is coming not just from mr moore’s detractors(诋毁者)
d. he ticked off a number of negative statistics to counter the positive ones offered by mr.moore
e. health care is the prevention,treatment,and management of illness
f. this is particularly true in health care,a market in which scarce(稀罕的)goods are ridiculously expensive,but needed by everybody
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manychildren’s deaths preventable:who
over five million children die each yearfrom disease,infections and accidents related-------------- (51)theirenvironment although many of these deaths are largely preventable,says the worldhealth organization.
on monday,the who asked governments and citizensaround the world to take action to create healthy-------------- (52)for childrenas it celebrated world health day.
“the biggest threats to children’shealth lurk(潜藏) in the very-----------(53)that should be safest—home,school andcommunity,said dr.gro harlem b.rundtland director-general of the who at the day’slaunch in new delhi,india.
“every child has the right to----------- (54)upin a healthy home school and community.the future development of ourchildren——and of their world—depends on ---------- (55)enjoying good healthnow.we have their future in our---------- (56) now we must work more effectivelytogether to----------- (57)the risks from the environment which our childrenface,”b.rundtland said.
this year’s theme,“healthy environments forchildren”focuses on the many dangers ---------- (58)by children in and aroundthe places where they live and play.
these include inadequ