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From Variety:
Quotas obligating Netflix, Amazon and other streaming services operating in the European Union to dedicate at least 30% of their on-demand catalogs to local content are set to become enshrined in law soon.
Roberto Viola, head of the European Commission department that regulates communications networks, content and technology, said the new rules, which will also demand visibility and prominence of European product on streamers, are on track to be approved in December.
"We just need the final vote, but it's a mere formality," he told Variety at the Venice Film Festival.
Netflix, Amazon and other streamers will be required to fund TV series and films produced in Europe by commissioning content, acquiring it or paying into national film funds through a small surcharge added to their subscription fee, something which is already happening in Germany. Netflix tried unsuccessfully to fight the German surcharge in court.
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday September 04 2018, @09:16PM
If you're not sure, it's because you haven't bothered to look at the data. Here are some basic numbers for 4 countries provided by the World Health Organization:
Cuba [who.int]
USA [who.int]
Canada [who.int]
France [who.int]
If you look at the numbers, you'll see that the USA spends about double what Canada and France do, and about 4 times what Cuba does, and yet Americans have a lower life expectancy than all of the others. The USA also stacks up badly compared to those other countries on infant mortality [cia.gov].
As for your article about the Cuban health system: I have serious doubts as to your source, since it took some digging to figure out basic information about the publication like where it was based and who owned it, and it turned out it was based in Miami. That means that its writing about Cuba is almost definitely coming from the Cuban exiles whose longstanding goal is to overthrow the Cuban government, which means it's very hard to take what they say at face value. As for the people I know personally who have been to Cuba, and the Cubans I've had direct conversations with, the medical system was doing some truly innovative and good ideas at least in the more rural areas, like:
- There's an assigned neighborhood or village doctor. That doctor is responsible for primary care for all the residents of the area.
- The doctor is consulted for decisions that affect health in the area, for instance ensuring that latrines aren't near water supplies.
- Doctors are trained in cheap herbal remedies that they grow right in front of the clinic. More minor problems get those herbal treatments, rather than pills that are often unavailable.
Is it perfect? Nope. But it's a lot better than many of the other countries in the same region at similar income levels facing the same problems.
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