During the 1500's, 1600's and 1700's people with psychological and physical disabilities were thrown into prison, got no care, were locked away.
The criticisms were echoed by Dave Prentis, general secretary of Unison, who said the government had "chosen to ignore social care, preferring to look the other way as a growing number of elderly people are getting no care at all".
Most of the Europeans I meet seem to believe that huge numbers of Americans get no health care at all, while the rich few wallow in luxury.
Others get no health care at all, relying on home remedies until they become terribly ill and end up in a hospital emergency room.
The World Health Organization and Unicef regard vitamin A campaigns -- huge mobilizations that reach children who get no routine care -- as one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce childhood mortality.
(By contrast, in third-world countries, about 200,000 children a year die of measles, usually because they are malnourished and get no medical care. In the last decade, vaccine campaigns have brought death rates down from 750,000 a year).
He worried that billions of people were getting no medical care or substandard care because of the medical industry's motivation in keeping prices high.
Test results go astray, patients get no follow-up care, medicine runs out.
Such poor women frequently get no formal prenatal care, so the pregnancy goes undetected by outside authorities.
Employees also get no coverage for care related to any preexisting conditions they might need during their first six months of enrollment in the plan.
