Mexico: Sheinbaum announces universal health service plan

FRIDAY, APRIL 17
PROGRAM #11113 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

Mexico’s government has announced a plan to create a unified health model and universal health service — free of charge for the entire population, including Mexicans living abroad. How will the system be rolled out, and how prepared is the Mexican government to deliver on that promise? This and other stories in this week’s edition.

Guest: Dr. Gustavo Leal Fernández, professor and researcher, Department of Health Care, Autonomous Metropolitan University / Xochimilco Campus, Mexico City, MX; excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; Undersecretary of Health, Eduardo Clark; Director of Pemex, Victor Rodriguez; Undersecretary of Environment and Natural Resources, Marina Robles; and Secretary of the Navy, Raymundo Pedro Morales.

Photo: Gobierno de México

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