While 58-year-old Leonides Castellanos renamed the business “Santa Fe Strawberries,” he’s following the same growing methods of the Ramirez family that keep the strawberries tasting like before.
More than 30 million Americans have gone without health insurance in the last year. Several other high-income nations cover their entire populations for a lot less money than the U.S. spends. But does a universal health care system help in a pandemic? For answers, William Brangham, along with producers Jason Kane and Claire Mufson, look to our northern neighbor Canada and its single-payer system.
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More than 30 million Americans have gone without health insurance during the pandemic.
We recently looked at how several other high-income nations cover their entire populations for a lot less money than we spend. But does a universal health care system help a country respond to a pandemic?
TORONTO While the majority of Canadians who contract COVID-19 survive, some do not fully recover and are left with lingering symptoms that can potentially last for months. Ruth Castellanos from Troy, Ont. contracted a suspected case of COVID-19 in mid-May 2020 during the first wave of the pandemic. Upon testing for the virus, her results came back negative, but she was later clinically diagnosed with a post-viral syndrome. More than seven months later, her health is still suffering. âIt can change your life. I donât wish this upon anybody,â Castellanos told CTV News Channel on Saturday. Castellanos said she developed an unnerving tremor in her hands and has trouble concentrating months after testing negative for the illness. She is no longer able to work as a college instructor.