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Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by davidw on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:13PM (#19732922)
Italy's health care is pretty good actually.

Lived there for 15 years, on and off. My son was born there. My father in law survived a bad heart attack there.

Yes, there are areas in the south where it's not so good, but any reasonably large country probably has some areas where things don't work as well.

People live long, healthy, happy productive lives there.

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Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by umvi on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:31PM (#19733105)
> Yes, there are areas in the south where it's not so good

I was in Naples at the time and was a little disturbed by how lax the doctors (well, really everyone) seemed. I guess I shouldn't judge Italy's government/healthcare based on my experience in Naples, I have heard that northern Italy is on the ball for the most part.

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Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by davidw on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:19PM (#19733551)
Naples is a world unto itself. Much has been written on the subject, but yeah, it's kind of a mess. In some ways it's sort of the distilled essence of some of the worst - and best - of Italy.
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