Summary
Russia loses 30,000 working-age citizens annually to HIV, with 1.7 million total infections and nearly 500,000 deaths to date.
The epidemic strains the economy as treatment costs reach $670 million annually, compounded by shortages of antiretroviral drugs and gaps in early testing.
Heterosexual transmission now dominates, though marginalized groups like drug users, sex workers, and gay men remain disproportionately affected.
Reduced funding for HIV testing and inconsistent treatment availability hinder efforts to curb the epidemic, posing critical public health and economic challenges for Russia.
If that isn’t an oxymoron, it’s as close as it gets.
A healthcare system not providing healthcare can’t be said to have good healthcare.
Just because SOME people receive good healthcare, doesn’t mean the healthcare is good overall or on average.
Maybe it could hypothetically be the case that the system is bad but the care is good overall, but that is certainly NOT the case regarding healthcare in USA.
It’s absolutely justified to say healthcare in USA is on the level of a third world country. Cheap rhetoric doesn’t change that.