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Rep. Bass' senior aide experiences the Cuban health care model

Posted by LegiStorm on Jan. 13, 2014

A senior aide to Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) made a visit to Cuba to learn about its single-payer health care model.

Jenny Wood, the deputy chief of staff and legislative director for Bass, traveled to Cuba in December on a trip sponsored by the Medical Education Cooperation With Cuba. The $2,000-plus visit to Havana consisted of meetings with health care providers and tours of medical facilities. MEDICC advocates that "health care - especially for underserved populations - can be informed by Cuba's singular universal health system and its evolving health policies, practice, research and education."

U.S. travel to Cuba is restricted, requiring a license for those who wish to travel to the country.

Wood's boss has long leaned toward a single-payer health system, co-sponsoring a single-payer bill when she was in the California State Senate. Bass has also promoted loosening travel restrictions to Cuba, signing onto Rep. Sam Farr's (D-Calif.) March 2013 letter to President Obama that supported expanding travel to Cuba. In 2011, Bass traveled to Havana courtesy of the Center for Democracy in the Americas.

Subjects: Jennifer Punsalan Wood (Jenny); Medical Education Cooperation With Cuba; Former Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA); Center for Democracy in the Americas; Former Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA); Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)

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